Title :
Automated calibration of high-order microring filters
Author :
Mak, Jason C. C. ; Sacher, Wesley D. ; Mikkelsen, Jared C. ; Tianyuan Xue ; Zheng Yong ; Poon, Joyce K. S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
We demonstrate the automated calibration of a 5th-order silicon microring filter using an optimization algorithm. The procedure only requires a single input wavelength and was implemented on a microcontroller with simple ADC and DAC circuitry.
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; calibration; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; micro-optics; microcontrollers; optical filters; optimisation; silicon; 5th-order silicon microring filter; ADC circuitry; DAC circuitry; Si; automated calibration; high-order microring filters; microcontroller; optimization algorithm; single input wavelength; Calibration; Optical device fabrication; Optical interferometry; Optical resonators; Optimization; Silicon; Tuning;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA