DocumentCode
1626097
Title
Electrically tunable resonant filters in phase-shifted contra-directional couplers
Author
Shi, Wei ; Wang, Xu ; Lin, Charlie ; Yun, Han ; Liu, Yang ; Baehr-Jones, Tom ; Hochberg, Michael ; Jaeger, Nicolas A F ; Chrostowski, Lukas
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
fYear
2012
Firstpage
78
Lastpage
80
Abstract
We demonstrate an electrically tunable resonant filter with FSR-free operation using a silicon photonic quarter-wavelength phase-shifted, grating-assisted contra-directional coupler. The spectrum shows a stop-band of 7nm, an extinction of 24dB, and a Q of 7,000.
Keywords
Q-factor; diffraction gratings; extinction coefficients; infrared spectra; integrated optics; optical directional couplers; optical filters; optical phase shifters; optical tuning; silicon-on-insulator; FSR-free operation; Q-factor; Si; electrically tunable resonant filters; extinction ratio; silicon photonic quarter-wavelength phase-shifted grating-assisted contra-directional coupler; stop-band; wavelength 7 nm; Couplers; Gratings; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Silicon; Tuning;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2012 IEEE 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
ISSN
1949-2081
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0826-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/GROUP4.2012.6324092
Filename
6324092
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