Importance of Intrinsic-$Q$ in Microring-Based Optical Filters and Dispersion-Compensation Devices

Mozhgan Hosseinzadeh, Kerry J. Vahala

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters · 2007 · 14 citations · 14 references

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Abstract

We investigate the impact of the intrinsic-Q of the resonant poles on the performance of multiring-based optical filters and dispersion-compensating devices. We highlight the role of quality factor by defining figures-of-merit for some specific filter configurations.

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