Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics (한국광학회지)

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Design and Fabrication of Triple-coupler Ring Resonator Filter

삼중 결합 링 공진기 필터의 설계 및 제작

  • Lee, Young-Sik (Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering, Kwangwoon University) ;
  • Chung, Young-Chul (Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering, Kwangwoon University)
  • 이영식 (광운대학교 전자통신공학과) ;
  • 정영철 (광운대학교 전자통신공학과)
  • Received : 2011.01.10
  • Accepted : 2011.02.14
  • Published : 2011.02.25
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Abstract

Design and fabrication of a TCRR (Triple-coupler Ring Resonator) filter which can provide a doubled FSR (Free Spectral Range) compared with a conventional DCRR (Double-coupler Ring Resonator) filter, are discussed. Through the use of a polymer material with a good thermo-optic property and with high contrast between core and cladding polymer, a compact TCRR filter composed of straight and curved buried waveguides of small radius is designed and fabricated. The transmission characteristics from the through and drop ports are measured using a tunable laser and a fiber array block, and the FSR is observed to be 4.4 nm, about twice that of DCRR filter, and almost the same as that obtained from the analysis using a transfer matrix method.

동일한 주회 길이의 통상적인 DCRR (Double-coupler Ring Resonator) 에 비하여 두 배의 FSR (Free Spectral Range) 성능을 나타낼 수 있는 TCRR (Triple-coupler Ring Resonator: 삼중 결합 링 공진기) 필터의 설계 및 제작에 대하여 논의하였다. 열-광학 특성이 우수하고, 코어-클래딩 굴절률 차가 큰 폴리머 물질을 이용하여 작은 반경의 곡선도파로가 가능한 매립형 도파구조의 컴팩트한 TCRR 필터를 설계 및 제작하였다. 파장가변 레이저와 광섬유 배열 블록을 이용하여 TCRR 필터의 Through 및 Drop 포트 출력 특성을 측정한 결과, DCRR 필터의 두 배인 4.4 nm의 FSR을 확인하였고, 이는 전달행렬 방법을 이용하여 해석한 결과와 거의 동일하였다.

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