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Narrow-band, polarization-independent, transmission filter in a silicon-on-insulator strip waveguide
Abstract:
We report on a narrow-band, polarization-independent, transmission filter using phase-shifted, polarization-rotating Bragg gratings (PRBGs) in a silicon-on-insulator strip waveguide. In our device, phase-shifted PRBGs provide narrow transmission peaks for the transverse electric (TE) and transverse magnetic (TM) modes, both at the same wavelength. We present results for a 330.6 μm long device that has transmission peaks centered at 1556.36 nm, 3 dB bandwidths of 0.26 nm, and extinction ratios of 19 dB for both TE and TM modes. We also integrated a heater onto our device and obtained a wavelength tuning efficiency of 0.028 nm/mW for both TE and TM modes.
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