Title :
Importance of Intrinsic- Q in Microring-Based Optical Filters and Dispersion-Compensation Devices
Author :
Hossein-Zadeh, Mani ; Vahala, Kerry J.
Author_Institution :
California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena
fDate :
7/15/2007 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We investigate the impact of the intrinsic-Q of the resonant poles on the performance of multiring-based optical filters and dispersion-compensating devices. We highlight the role of quality factor by defining figures-of-merit for some specific filter configurations.
Keywords :
optical dispersion; optical filters; optical resonators; dispersion-compensation devices; filter configurations; microring resonators; microring-based optical filters; multiring-based optical filters; resonant poles; Band pass filters; Bandwidth; Insertion loss; Optical filters; Optical losses; Optical resonators; Optical scattering; Optical signal processing; Q factor; Resonator filters; Dispersive media; optical filters; optical microresonators;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2007.899456
