Thermally tunable filters based on third-order microring resonators for WDM applications

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 524-526

  Hu, Ting ^a   Wang, Wanjun ^a   Qiu, Chen ^a   Yu, Ping ^a   Qiu, Huiye ^a   Zhao, Yong ^a   Jiang, Xiaoqing ^a   Yang, Jianyi ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Filter; Microring resonator; Nanowire waveguides; Silicon; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC TUNING; FALL TIME; FILTER; FILTER RESPONSE; FREE SPECTRAL RANGE; MICRORING RESONATOR; NANOWIRE WAVEGUIDES; OUT OF BAND REJECTION; PASS BANDS; SILICON NANOWIRES; THERMALLY TUNABLE FILTERS; THERMOOPTIC EFFECTS; THIRD-ORDER; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (WDM);

MICROWAVE FILTERS; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL RESONATORS; SILICON; WAVEGUIDES;

WAVEGUIDE FILTERS;

EID: 84863294390     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2012.2182988     Document Type: Article

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