DocumentCode
474653
Title
Elliptic optical filters with all-positive couplings based on the double-microring ladder architecture
Author
Prabhu, M. Ashok ; Liew, H.-L. ; Van, V.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr.&Comput. Eng., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, AB
fYear
2008
fDate
4-9 May 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Compact elliptic optical filter architectures based on arrays of parallel-cascaded microring doublets are proposed. These devices can realize general filter transfer functions with imaginary transmission zeros using only synchronously-tuned microrings with non-negative couplings.
Keywords
micro-optics; optical filters; optical resonators; optical transfer function; all-positive coupling; double-microring ladder; elliptic optical filters; general filter transfer function; imaginary transmission zero; nonnegative coupling; parallel-cascaded microring doublet; synchronously tuned; Computer architecture; Filtering theory; Integrated optics; Optical arrays; Optical coupling; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical resonators; Resonator filters; Transfer functions; (230.3120) Integrated optics devices; (230.4555) Coupled resonators; (230.7408) Wavelength filtering devices;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-859-9
Type
conf
Filename
4572342
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