A photonic microwave filter based on an asymmetric silicon Mach-Zehnder modulator

[EN] A new approach for implementing an integrable photonic microwave filter based on exploiting the asymmetry of a CMOS-compatible silicon Mach-Zehnder modulator is demonstrated. The strong dependence of the modulator response with wavelength is exploited for achieving positive and negative taps an...

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Autores: Gutiérrez Campo, Ana María, Brimont, Antoine Christian Jacques, Thomson, David J., Gardes, Frédéric Y., Reed, Graham T., Fédéli, Jean Marc, Sanchis Kilders, Pablo|||0000-0003-2984-4218, Vidal, Borja|||0000-0002-0942-3259
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/35123
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/35123
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Integrated optics
Microwave photonics
Modulators
Silicon photonics
Fiber optics and optical communications
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Sumario:[EN] A new approach for implementing an integrable photonic microwave filter based on exploiting the asymmetry of a CMOS-compatible silicon Mach-Zehnder modulator is demonstrated. The strong dependence of the modulator response with wavelength is exploited for achieving positive and negative taps and, therefore, a fully reconfigurable filter, without the complexity of previous approaches. Two filter responses with two and three taps are experimentally demonstrated, showing the proof-of-principle for frequencies up to 10 GHz and thus going one step further toward a full integration of the complete filter device in the CMOS-compatible silicon photonics platform. © 2009-2012 IEEE.