Fabrication-tolerant four-channel wavelength-division-multiplexing filter based on collectively tuned si microrings

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 2785-2792

  De Heyn, Peter ^a   De Coster, Jeroen ^b   Verheyen, Peter ^b   Lepage, Guy ^b   Pantouvaki, Marianna ^a   Absil, Philippe ^b   Bogaerts, Wim ^a   Van Campenhout, Joris ^b   Van Thourhout, Dries ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b IMEC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Design for manufacturing; microring resonators; silicon on Insulator (SOI); wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL RESPONSE; CHANNEL SPACINGS; DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURING; DOUBLE-RING RESONATORS; GLOBAL TEMPERATURES; MICRORING RESONATOR; SECOND ORDER FILTERS; SILICON-ON-INSULATORS;

FABRICATION; FILTER BANKS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SILICON; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

SILICON WAFERS;

EID: 84881039672     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2013.2273391     Document Type: Article

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