Author:
Lu Xinda,Chen Nuo,Zhang Boqing,Yang Haofan,Chen Yuntian,Zhang Xinliang,Xu Jing
Abstract
Integrated optical filters based on microring resonators play a critical role in many applications, ranging from wavelength division multiplexing and switching to channel routing. Bandwidth tunable filters are capable of meeting the on-demand flexible operations in complex situations, due to their advantages of scalability, multi-functionality, and being energy-saving. Recent studies have investigated how parity-time (PT) symmetry coupled-resonant systems can be applied to the bandwidth-tunable filters. However, due to the trade-off between the bandwidth-tunable contrast ratio and insertion loss of the system, the bandwidth-tunable contrast ratio of this method is severely limited. Here, the bandwidth-tunable contrast ratio is defined as the maximum bandwidth divided by the minimum bandwidth. In this work, we show that a high bandwidth-tunable contrast ratio and low insertion loss of the system can be achieved simultaneously by increasing the coupling strength between the input port and the resonant. Theoretical analysis under different coupling states reveals that the low insertion loss can be obtained when the system initially operates at the over-coupling condition. A high bandwidth-tunable contrast ratio PT-symmetry band-pass filter with moderate insertion loss is shown on the Silicon platform. Our scheme provides an effective method to reduce the insertion loss of on-chip tunable filters, which is also applicable to the high-order cascaded microring systems.
Funder
National Key Research and Development Program of China
Subject
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging,Instrumentation,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Cited by
3 articles.
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