A highly compact third-order silicon microring add-drop filter with a very large free spectral range, a flat passband and a low delay dispersion

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 14765-14771

  Xiao, Shijun ^a   Khan, Maroof H ^a   Shen, Hao ^a   Qi, Minghao ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSION (WAVES); POWER TRANSMISSION; RESONATORS;

CHANNEL DROPPING; MICRORING RESONATORS;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 35948966078     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.014765     Document Type: Article

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