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Advanced Microring Photonic Filter Design

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This chapter reviews the development of high-order photonic filters based on coupled microring resonators for optical spectral engineering applications. Advanced microring filter architectures capable of realizing general infinite impulse response optical transfer functions with finite transmission zeros are presented. Techniques for the analysis and exact synthesis of these devices to achieve a prescribed filter response are also described in detail. Examples of advanced optical filter designs such as high-order pseudo-elliptic filters and filters with maximally flat group delay are given to illustrate the potential applications of these general microring architectures in optical spectral engineering.

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  1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2V4, Canada

    Vien Van

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    Ioannis Chremmos

  2. Dept. Electrical & Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Maisonneuve Blvd. West, EV005.126 1455, Montreal, H3G 1M8, Canada

    Otto Schwelb

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    Nikolaos Uzunoglu

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Van, V. (2010). Advanced Microring Photonic Filter Design. In: Chremmos, I., Schwelb, O., Uzunoglu, N. (eds) Photonic Microresonator Research and Applications. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 156. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1744-7_5

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