Title :
Proposal for Miniaturized Interleaver with Flat-Top Passbands Utilizing Coupled-Resonator Optical Waveguide Rings in Photonic Crystals
Author :
Kono, Naoya ; Yokoi, Nobuhiro ; Saitoh, Kunimasa ; Koshiba, Masanori
Author_Institution :
Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo
Abstract :
The introduction of coupled-resonator optical waveguides to ring resonators in the IIR filter configuration enables a miniaturized interleaver with wide flat-top passbands. A wavelength-insensitive photonic crystal directional coupler with two decoupling points is also presented.
Keywords :
IIR filters; optical directional couplers; optical resonators; photonic crystals; IIR filter configuration; coupled-resonator optical waveguides; flat-top passbands; miniaturized interleaver; photonic crystal directional coupler; ring resonators; Optical coupling; Optical waveguides; Passband; Photonic crystals; Proposals;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348407
