Discrete and fine wavelength tunable thermo-optic WSS for low power consumption C+L band tunability

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 152-154

  Prabhathan, Patinharekandy ^a,b   Zhang, Jing ^c   Murukeshan, Vadakke Matham ^a   Zhang, Huijuan ^b   Chen, Shiyi ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

^c Agency for Science   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Resonator filters; silicon devices; silicon on insulator technology; thermo optic effects; wavelength routing

Indexed keywords

RESONATOR FILTERS; SILICON DEVICES; SILICON ON INSULATOR; THERMOOPTIC EFFECTS; WAVELENGTH ROUTING;

MICROWAVE FILTERS; RESONATORS; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

WAVELENGTH;

EID: 84862950507     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2011.2174979     Document Type: Article

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