Title :
A programmable optical filter unit cell element for high resolution RF signal processing in silicon photonics
Author :
Toliver, P. ; Menendez, R. ; Banwell, T. ; Agarwal, A. ; Woodward, T.K. ; Feng, N.-N. ; Dong, P. ; Feng, D. ; Qian, W. ; Liang, H. ; Lee, D.C. ; Luff, B.J. ; Asghari, M.
Author_Institution :
Telcordia Technol., Red Bank, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate the first reconfigurable, cascadable silicon photonics unit cell fabricated in commercial wafer-scale processes using a single 500 ps delay line and allowing independent FIR and IIR response for high-resolution RF filtering and correlation applications.
Keywords :
FIR filters; IIR filters; optical filters; signal processing; silicon; FIR; IIR; high resolution RF signal processing; high-resolution RF filtering; programmable optical filter unit cell element; silicon photonics; time 500 ps; wafer-scale processes; Couplers; Filtering; Finite impulse response filter; IIR filters; Integrated optics; Optical filters; Optical signal processing; Photonics; Signal resolution; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
