Title :
High-quality Bragg gratings operating in reflection without circulators in SOI
Author :
Simard, Alexandre D. ; LaRochelle, Sophie
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We demonstrate that apodized Bragg gratings placed in the two arms of a Mach-Zehnder structure in SOI can provide high-quality filtering functions overcoming phase noise distortions. As examples, we present narrowband, phase-shifted and dispersion-less filters.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optics; optical fibre filters; phase noise; silicon-on-insulator; Mach-Zehnder structure; SOI; apodized Bragg gratings; dispersion-less filter; high-quality Bragg gratings; high-quality filtering functions; light reflection; narrowband filter; phase noise distortions; phase-shifted filter; Bragg gratings; Gratings; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Optical waveguides; Phase noise; Reflection;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
