Ring resonator comprising optical filtering device
US9395596B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 18, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jul 19, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 7, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02F1/217
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An optical filtering device (1) comprising:a ring resonator (2); anda multimode interference coupler (3) comprising two inputs (4, 7), two outputs (5, 8) and a multimode waveguide (9) connecting the two inputs to the two outputs, the coupler having a first input (4) serving as an input for the filtering device and able to receive an input optical signal (10), and a first output (5) corresponding to the output of the filtering device and able to produce an output optical signal (12),the ring resonator (2) being arranged so as to connect a second output (8) of the coupler to a second input (7) of the coupler,wherein the filtering device comprisesa tuning element (6) able to modify locally the refractive index in the coupling zone (11) of said multimode waveguide (9) in order to vary a coupling coefficient between the coupler (3) and the ring resonator (2).
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