Title :
Ultra-compact silicon WDM optical filters with flat - top response for on-chip optical interconnects
Author :
Xia, Fengnian ; Rooks, Mike ; Sekaric, Lidija ; Vlasov, Yurii
Author_Institution :
IBMT. J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights
Abstract :
Ultra-compact flat-top optical filters using cascaded micro-rings based on submicron silicon photonic wires are reported. 300 GHz-wide passband with a flat-top response with over 30 dB out-of-band rejection are realized with a device footprint below 0.0007 mm2.
Keywords :
band-pass filters; integrated optoelectronics; optical filters; optical interconnections; resonator filters; silicon; wavelength division multiplexing; Si; cascaded microrings; coupled resonators; flat-top pass band; frequency 300 GHz; on-chip optical interconnects; submicron silicon photonic wires; ultra-compact silicon WDM optical filters; Couplings; Optical filters; Optical interconnections; Optical resonators; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Resonator filters; Silicon; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wires;
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.2007.4452983
