Title :
Bandwidth-Tunable Add-Drop Filters Based on MEMS-Actuated Single-Crystalline Silicon Microtoroidal Resonators
Author :
Yao, Jin ; Wu, Ming C.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California, Berkeley
Abstract :
A bandwidth-tunable filter has been demonstrated by MEMS-actuated single-crystalline silicon microtoroidal resonator. Bandwidth is tuned from 2.8 to 78.4 GHz by voltage control. A 21.8 dB extinction ratio is attained as a dynamic add-drop filter.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; micromechanical resonators; silicon; MEMS- actuated single-crystalline silicon microtoroidal resonators; Si; bandwidth-tunable filter; dynamic add-drop filter; Bandwidth; Optical fiber filters; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical resonators; Optical tuning; Optical waveguides; Resonator filters; Silicon; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452526
