Silicon polarization independent microring resonator-based optical tunable filter circuit with fiber assembly

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 15429-15437

  Li, Chao ^a   Song, Jeong Hwan ^a   Zhang, Jing ^a,b   Zhang, Huijuan ^a   Chen, Shiyi ^a   Yu, Mingbin ^a   Lo, G Q ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

^b Agency for Science   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; PHOTONIC DEVICES; POLARIZATION;

3 DB BANDWIDTH; EXTINCTION RATIOS; FIBER ASSEMBLIES; FILTER CHARACTERISTICS; MICRORINGS; OPTICAL TUNABLE FILTERS; PHOTONIC PACKAGING; POLARIZATION DIVERSITY; POLARIZATION INDEPENDENT; REAL APPLICATIONS; SILICON PHOTONICS; TUNING RANGES; TUNING SPEED;

TUNING;

EID: 79961063555     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.015429     Document Type: Article

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