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Fully reconfigurable MEMS-based second-order coupled-resonator optical waveguide (CROW) with ultra-low tuning energy

Lim, Min G.
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Park, Young J.
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Choi, Dong J.
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November 20, 2023
Optics Express

Integrated microring resonators are well suited for wavelength-filtering applications in optical signal processing, and cascaded microring resonators allow flexible filter design in coupledresonator optical waveguide (CROW) configurations. However, the implementation of high-order cascaded microring resonators with high extinction ratios (ERs) remains challenging owing to stringent fabrication requirements and the need for precise resonator tunability. We present a fully integrated on-chip second-order CROW filter using silicon photonic microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) to adjust tunable directional couplers and a phase shifter using nanoscale mechanical out-of-plane waveguide displacement. The filter can be fully reconfigured with regard to both the ER and center wavelength. We experimentally demonstrated an ER exceeding 25 dB and continuous wavelength tuning across the full free spectral range of 0.123 nm for single microring resonator, and showed reconfigurability in second-order CROW by tuning the ER and resonant wavelength. The tuning energy for an individual silicon photonic MEMS phase shifter or tunable coupler is less than 22 pJ with sub-microwatt static power consumption, which is far better than conventional integrated phase shifters based on other physical modulation mechanisms.

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research article
DOI
10.1364/OE.505295
Web of Science ID

WOS:001125056800004

Author(s)
Lim, Min G.
Park, Young J.
Choi, Dong J.
Kim, Dong U.
Hong, Myung S.
Her, Man J.
Takabayashi, Alain Yuji  
Jeong, Youngjae
Park, Jongwoo
Han, Seungjun
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Date Issued

2023-11-20

Publisher

Optica Publishing Group

Published in
Optics Express
Volume

31

Issue

24

Start page

40166

End page

40178

Subjects

Physical Sciences

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Ring-Resonator

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

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GR-QUA  
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Agency for Defense Development

UI210008TD

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February 20, 2024
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