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

A photonic microwave filter based on an asymmetric silicon Mach-Zehnder modulator
A photonic microwave filter based on an asymmetric silicon Mach-Zehnder modulator
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.
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Gutiérrez, A.M.
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Sanchis, P.
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Brimont, A.
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Thomson, D.J.
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Gardes, F.Y.
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Reed, G.T.
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Gutiérrez, A.M., Sanchis, P., Brimont, A., Thomson, D.J., Gardes, F.Y., Reed, G.T., Fedeli, J-M. and Vidal, B. (2013) A photonic microwave filter based on an asymmetric silicon Mach-Zehnder modulator. IEEE Photonics Journal, 5 (4), 1-7, [5501006]. (doi:10.1109/JPHOT.2013.2269677).

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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.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 18 June 2013
Published date: August 2013
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre, Physics & Astronomy, Electronics & Computer Science

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Local EPrints ID: 367684
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/367684
ISSN: 1943-0655
PURE UUID: de7121da-6673-4043-89f7-464862f8b438
ORCID for F.Y. Gardes: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1400-3272

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Date deposited: 05 Aug 2014 10:39
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:40

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Author: A.M. Gutiérrez
Author: P. Sanchis
Author: A. Brimont
Author: D.J. Thomson
Author: F.Y. Gardes ORCID iD
Author: G.T. Reed
Author: J-M. Fedeli
Author: B. Vidal

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