• Acta Photonica Sinica
  • Vol. 50, Issue 7, 275 (2021)
Jia JIANG1、2, Minming GENG1、2、3、4, Qiang LIU1、2、3, and Zhenrong ZHANG1、2、3
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Computer, Electronics and Information, Guangxi University, Nanning530004, China
  • 2Guangxi Key Laboratory of Multimedia Communications and Network Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning530004, China
  • 3Key Laboratory of Multimedia Communications and Information Processing of Guangxi Higher Education Institutes, Guangxi University, Nanning50004, China
  • 4Guangxi Experiment Center of Information Science, GuilinGuangxi5100, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/gzxb20215007.0713002 Cite this Article
    Jia JIANG, Minming GENG, Qiang LIU, Zhenrong ZHANG. Design of a Reconfigurable Optical Filter Based on Triple-ring-assisted Mach-Zenhnder Interferometer with Large Bandwidth Tuning Capability[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2021, 50(7): 275 Copy Citation Text show less
    Schematic of the proposed device based on triple-ring-assisted MZI
    Fig. 1. Schematic of the proposed device based on triple-ring-assisted MZI
    The influence of ρA and ρB on the performance of the optical filter
    Fig. 2. The influence of ρA and ρB on the performance of the optical filter
    Normalized central frequency is shifted with the change of the extra phase θ applied on the three resonators
    Fig. 3. Normalized central frequency is shifted with the change of the extra phase θ applied on the three resonators
    The structure of the race-track microring resonator
    Fig. 4. The structure of the race-track microring resonator
    The value of ρAmin with different Width, Gap and LnA
    Fig. 5. The value of ρAmin with different Width Gap and LnA
    The relationship between the FSR and the minimum SER of the two outputs
    Fig. 6. The relationship between the FSR and the minimum SER of the two outputs
    The relationship between the initial phase and Δn
    Fig. 7. The relationship between the initial phase and Δn
    The structure of the phase shifter
    Fig. 8. The structure of the phase shifter
    The performance of the optical filter with different θB and θC
    Fig. 9. The performance of the optical filter with different θB and θC
    The reconfigurations of the wavelength and the bandwidth of the filter
    Fig. 10. The reconfigurations of the wavelength and the bandwidth of the filter
    SchemeBWmax / FSRTunable BW / nmRef.
    MRRs in an MZI0.88 nm / 9 nm0.46~0.8821
    MRRs in an MZI1.44 nm / 1.6 nm0.16~1.4422
    MRRs in an MZI1.12 nm / 8.5 nm0.37~1.1223
    MRRs in an MZI0.113 nm / 0.256 nm0.033~0.11324
    Cascaded rings1 nm / 7.2 nm0.0928 ~125
    Cascaded rings1.2 nm / 70.8 nm0.3~1.226
    Cascaded rings0.16 nm / 16 nm0.12~0.1627
    Cascaded rings0.64 nm / 1.8nm0.056~0.6428
    Table 1. The summarization of performance of different schemes
    ItemValue
    Waveguide typeChannel
    Waveguide height0.25 μm
    rArB and rC5 μm
    Width0.4 μm
    Gap130 nm
    Refractive index of silicon3.507
    Refractive index of silica1.447
    PolarizationTE
    LnA / LnB and LnC5.85 μm/3.69 μm
    LmA / LmB and LmC0.37 μm/2.75 μm
    Table 2. The simulation settings of the filter
    Jia JIANG, Minming GENG, Qiang LIU, Zhenrong ZHANG. Design of a Reconfigurable Optical Filter Based on Triple-ring-assisted Mach-Zenhnder Interferometer with Large Bandwidth Tuning Capability[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2021, 50(7): 275
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