Title :
Optimization of filter architecture for high-order RF-photonic filters on SOI
Author :
Alipour, Payam ; Eftekhar, Ali Asghar ; Atabaki, Amir Hossein ; Li, Qing ; Yegnanarayanan, Siva ; Madsen, Christi K. ; Adibi, Ali
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
We compare the cascade, baseline, and lattice architectures for a four-pole, four-zero photonic filter implemented using high-Q resonator-based components on SOI. These filters are fully reconfigurable and very compact (total area 0.15 mm2).
Keywords :
integrated optics; optical filters; optical resonators; optimisation; silicon-on-insulator; SOI; Si; baseline architectures; cascade architectures; filter architecture; four-pole photonic filter; four-zero photonic filter; high-Q resonator; high-order RF-photonic filters; lattice architectures; optimization; Band pass filters; Computer architecture; Microwave filters; Optical filters; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Resonator filters;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110598
