On the Performance of High-Q multiring Optical Filters

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 991-1002

  Liu, Fenfei ^a   Hossein Zadeh, Mani ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b MSC01 1070   (United States)

Author keywords

optical communication; optical filters; optical microresonators; Waveguide devices

Indexed keywords

BAND PASS; BUTTERWORTH; FABRICATION ERRORS; INPUT POWER; MICRORINGS; MULTIRING; NONLINEAR OPTICAL EFFECTS; OPTICAL ABSORPTION; OPTICAL MICRORESONATORS; RESONANT FREQUENCIES; WAVEGUIDE DEVICES;

BANDPASS FILTERS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 78649248732     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2010.2090038     Document Type: Article

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