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Waveguide-coupled drop filters on SOI using quarter-wave shifted sidewalled grating resonators
Author(s) -
Venkat Veerasubramanian,
Guillaume Beaudin,
Alexandre Giguère,
Boris Le Drogoff,
Vincent Aimez,
Andrew G. Kirk
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.20.015983
Subject(s) - silicon on insulator , materials science , resonator , optics , waveguide , electron beam lithography , optoelectronics , silicon , resist , physics , layer (electronics) , composite material
We report on the design, fabrication, and demonstration of waveguide coupled channel drop filters at 1550 nm, on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate. These devices rely on resonant power transfer from a bus waveguide to side-walled Bragg resonators with quarter-wave shifts in the middle. By employing a second mirror resonator, and a tap-off waveguide, reflections along the bus waveguide can be reduced, leading to realization of circulator-free resonance filters. These devices were fabricated on SOI using e-beam lithography and inductively coupled plasma (ICP) etching. Fabricated devices with two coupled cavities are demonstrated to have rejection ratios greater than 20 dB and 3-dB bandwidths of 110 GHz, close to the values predicted by numerical modeling. We also demonstrate power tap-off at resonance of around 16 dB.

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