[WE2] Optical Filtering and Switching II

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[WE2-6] Numerical Approach to the Optimization of the Bandwidth Tunability of a Non-cascaded Multifunctional Optical Filter

Ramon Benedict Lopez Lapiña¹, Benjamin Dingel^1,2, ○Clint Dominic Bennett¹ (1.Ateneo de Manila University, 2.Nasfine Photonic Inc.)

Keywords:

Photonic integrated circuits,Optical filters,demultiplexers,demodulators,equalizers,programmable circuits/filters,dispersion compensators,and other signal conditioning devices

We report a numerical approach to optimize the Non-cascaded Multifunctional Optical Filter (Cross and Direct-coupled All-Pass Filters in MZI arms) with tunable bandwidth (0-to-π radians), constant Free Spectral Range (FSR) and less than 1% ripple.