We demonstrate a highly compact third-order elliptical micro-ring add-drop filter based on a silicon-on-insulator wafer. The elliptical micro-ring resonator has a major radius of 6μm （minor radius of 4.112μm） and ...We demonstrate a highly compact third-order elliptical micro-ring add-drop filter based on a silicon-on-insulator wafer. The elliptical micro-ring resonator has a major radius of 6μm （minor radius of 4.112μm） and a large free spectral range of 18 nm. Experimental results show a box-like channel dropping response, which has a 3 dB bandwidth of -2.7nm, high out-of-band signal rejection of around 40dB and a very low drop loss （〈0.5dB）. Simulation agrees well with the experiments. The footprint of the whole chip is only 0.0003mm2.展开更多
基金Supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China under Grant No 2015AA016904the National Key Research and Development Plan of China under Grant No 2016YFB0402502the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 61275065
文摘We demonstrate a highly compact third-order elliptical micro-ring add-drop filter based on a silicon-on-insulator wafer. The elliptical micro-ring resonator has a major radius of 6μm （minor radius of 4.112μm） and a large free spectral range of 18 nm. Experimental results show a box-like channel dropping response, which has a 3 dB bandwidth of -2.7nm, high out-of-band signal rejection of around 40dB and a very low drop loss （〈0.5dB）. Simulation agrees well with the experiments. The footprint of the whole chip is only 0.0003mm2.
