Title :
A Tunable Microwave-Photonic Notch Filter Fabricated in CMOS Silicon
Author :
Rasras, Mahmoud S. ; Tu, K.Y. ; Patel, Sanket S. ; Gill, Douglas M. ; Chen, Y.K. ; White, A.E. ; Carothers, D. ; Pomerene, Andrew ; Beattie, Jay ; Beals, M. ; Michel, J. ; Kimerling, Lionel C.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Murray Hill, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We present a fully-tunable multi-stage narrowband (625 MHz) optical notch filter that is fabricated in a silicon complementary metal oxide semiconductor foundry. Using this device, a method to cancel undesired bands (910 MHz) in microwave-photonic systems is demonstrated.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; microwave photonics; notch filters; optical filters; silicon; CMOS silicon; Si; multistage narrowband filter; notch filter; optical filter; tunable microwave photonics; Bandwidth; Frequency; Integrated optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Resonator filters; Silicon; Tuning;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528596
