Title :
Non-blocking operation of a tunable compact optical filter with large FSR
Author :
Lira, Hugo L R ; Poitras, Carl B. ; Lipson, Michal
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We fabricate and characterize a CMOS-compatible, Mach-Zehnder-coupled, 2nd-order-ring-resonator filter with doubled free spectral range and demonstrate non-blocking operation while tuning it to a new wavelength.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; integrated optics; optical filters; optical resonators; optical tuning; resonator filters; 2nd-order-ring-resonator filter; CMOS-compatible resonator filter; Mach-Zehnder-coupled resonator filter; doubled free spectral range; nonblocking operation; tunable compact optical filter; Optical filters; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Resonator filters; Transfer functions; Tuning;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
