Micro ring resonator（MRR） filters based on a silicon on insulator（SOI） nanowire waveguide are fabricated by electron beam photolithography（EBL） and inductive coupled plasma（ICP） etching technology.The cross-se...Micro ring resonator（MRR） filters based on a silicon on insulator（SOI） nanowire waveguide are fabricated by electron beam photolithography（EBL） and inductive coupled plasma（ICP） etching technology.The cross-section size of the strip waveguides is 450×220 nm2,and the bending radius of the micro ring is around 5μm.The test results from the tunable filter based on a single ring show that the free spectral range（FSR） is 16.8 nm and the extinction ratio（ER） around the wavelength 1550 nm is 18.1 dB.After thermal tuning,the filter＇s tuning bandwidth reaches 4.8 nm with a tuning efficiency of 0.12 nm/℃Meanwhile,we fabricated and studied multi-channel filters based on a single ring and a double ring.After measurement,we drew the following conclusions： during the signal transmission of multi-channel filters,crosstalk exists mainly among different transmission channels and are fairly distinct when there are signals input to add ports.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(No.2007AA03Z402)the State Key Development Program for Basic Research of China(No.2007CB613404)
文摘Micro ring resonator（MRR） filters based on a silicon on insulator（SOI） nanowire waveguide are fabricated by electron beam photolithography（EBL） and inductive coupled plasma（ICP） etching technology.The cross-section size of the strip waveguides is 450×220 nm2,and the bending radius of the micro ring is around 5μm.The test results from the tunable filter based on a single ring show that the free spectral range（FSR） is 16.8 nm and the extinction ratio（ER） around the wavelength 1550 nm is 18.1 dB.After thermal tuning,the filter＇s tuning bandwidth reaches 4.8 nm with a tuning efficiency of 0.12 nm/℃Meanwhile,we fabricated and studied multi-channel filters based on a single ring and a double ring.After measurement,we drew the following conclusions： during the signal transmission of multi-channel filters,crosstalk exists mainly among different transmission channels and are fairly distinct when there are signals input to add ports.
