Title :
Switchable thin film add/drop filter
Author :
Domash, Lawrence ; Wu, Ming ; Nemchuk, Nikolay ; Murano, Robert
Author_Institution :
Aegis Semicond. Inc., Woburn, MA, USA
Abstract :
A five-cavity, 117 layer, 200 GHz thin film add/drop filter fabricated from combined dielectric/semiconductor materials is thermo-optically switched between transmission and reflection at a fixed channel 1548.3 nm with a contrast ratio 18.4 dB.
Keywords :
dielectric materials; optical communication equipment; optical fabrication; optical films; optical switches; optical waveguide filters; semiconductor materials; switched filters; telecommunication channels; thermo-optical devices; 1548.3 nm; 200 GHz; contrast ratio; dielectric materials; fixed channel; reflection spectra; semiconductor material; switchable thin film add/drop filter fabrication; thermo-optical switching; transmission spectra; Amorphous silicon; Dielectric thin films; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber filters; Optical films; Optical filters; Optical reflection; Plasma temperature; Semiconductor thin films; Transistors;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248616
