Author Affiliations
1School of Communication and Information Engineering, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing 400065, China2State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Schematic of grating assisted contra-directional couplers. (a) Traditional grating; (b) SWG; (c) narrow waveguide
Fig. 2. Parameter comparison of different waveguide structures. (a) Effective refractive index varies with the wavelength; (b) electric field intensity distribution varies with the width of the waveguide
Fig. 3. Output spectra of the through and drop ports of broad bandwidth filter based on the narrow waveguide
Fig. 4. Schematic of different apodization
Fig. 5. Schematic of broad bandwidth filter after apodization
Fig. 6. Transmission spectra of the apodized and the uniform ultra-wide bandwidth filter
Fig. 7. Transmission spectra of the compact, high sidelobe rejection ratio, and broad bandwidth filter
Fig. 8. Spectra of the filter varied with Gaussian coefficients α1, α2, and G. (a) Spectra on drop port under different Gaussian coefficients α1 and α2; (b) spectra on drop port by controling G
Fig. 9. Output spectra of the drop port varied with Wg1 and Wg2
Parameter | W3 /nm | W4 /nm | Wg1 /nm | Wg2 /nm | α1 | α2 | Λ4 /nm | N3 | G /nm |
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Value | 180 | 420 | 96.5 | 100 | 1.83 | 1.75 | 386 | 600 | 180 |
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Table 1. Structural parameters of ultra-wide bandwidth filter
Parameter | W3 /nm | W4 /nm | Wg1 /nm | Wg2 /nm | α1 | α2 | Λ4 /nm | N3 | G /nm |
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Value | 181 | 422 | 97 | 100 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 385 | 200 | 200 |
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Table 2. Structural parameters of the compact, high sidelobe rejection ratio, and broad bandwidth filter
Ref. | 3 dB bandwidth /nm | Length /μm | Sidelobe suppression ration /dB | Insertion loss /dB | Contra-directional coupling type or not |
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[12] | 40 | ~100 | 25 | / | No | [13] | 84 | ~40 | 20 | 0.04 | No | [14] | 100 | ~70 | 30 | 0.5 | No | [15] | 33.4 | ~150 | 3 | / | Yes | [16] | 11.7 | ~730 | 31 | 2.6 | Yes | [17] | 32.6 | ~422 | 19 | 0.26 | Yes | [18] | 88.1 | ~4700 | 9.7 | 1.77 | Yes | [19] | 64.07 | ~400 | 10.5 | 0.6 | Yes | Scheme 1 | 92.9 | ~250.6 | 11.1 | 0.38 | Yes | Scheme 2 | 87 | ~96 | 25.6 | 0.16 | Yes |
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Table 3. Comparison of the performances of different broad bandwidth filter schemes