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Lattice Filter Design for Photonics

This document summarizes a research paper that designed and simulated a two-stage lattice filter photonic integrated circuit using four unbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometers to improve the flat top response. Simulation results showed the lattice filter response matches theoretical calculations for free spectral range and flat-top gain. However, accounting for silicon thickness and feature size variation due to fabrication tolerances caused a significant shift in gain peaks and flatness, highlighting the need for tighter fabrication control.

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Lattice Filter Design for Photonics

This document summarizes a research paper that designed and simulated a two-stage lattice filter photonic integrated circuit using four unbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometers to improve the flat top response. Simulation results showed the lattice filter response matches theoretical calculations for free spectral range and flat-top gain. However, accounting for silicon thickness and feature size variation due to fabrication tolerances caused a significant shift in gain peaks and flatness, highlighting the need for tighter fabrication control.

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NPS 2021: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN RECENT TRENDS IN PHOTONICS

Lattice Filter: Design, Fabrication, and


Characterization for Photonic Integrated Circuits
Paper ID:PP27 Likynti Banri Tiewsoh, Srinivasa Y Roa, Subhash C Arya
Lightwave Communication System Laboratory, Department of ECE, NEHU Shillong India

ABSTRACT: Four unbalanced Mach Zehnder


EXPERIMENTAL
interferometers have been used to design a two stage Lattice
Filter to improve the overall flat top response . .

INTRODUCTION (Lattice Filter)


 In FIR lattice filter, four unbalanced MZIs have been used
with delta L= 0.264 um, 100.32 um, and 50 um to get
power coupling coefficients of 6.69%, 75%, 50%,
respectively
 This led to a flat-top transfer function with a free spectral
range (FSR= λ2/Δ[Link])
Figure 2) Layout of two-stage Lattice optical FIR filter using four unbalanced
MZIs on K-Layout in 605x410 micrometer chip area using SIEPIC tool
Figure-1 :The figure compares
the single-stage MZI with a 2-
stage filter; note that flat-top Designing of a Lattice Filter using Lumerical Interconnect
response in the 2-stage filter

Results Obtained

CONSLUSION
In the first simulation run, the lattice filter gives results as per theoretical calculations
of FSR and flat-top gain; however, from the second to fourth simulation runs, which
includes accepted silicon thickness and feature size variation, there is a significant
shift in gain-peaks and flatness responses. Therefore, effort should be made to reduce
this undesirable variability at the fabrication tolerance via choosing the proper
Figure 3– Transmission waveguide width from 600 nm to 400 nm in basic building block MZIs in lattice
response graph of a second Figure 4 – Shows the Gain and Phase filter.
order Lattice filter response of a second order Lattice
Filter.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
DISCUSSION The authors express gratitude and thanks to Prof. Lukas
Chrostowski for his constant guidance and fabrication facility of
lattice filter through the Edx course on Silicon Photonics: Design,
Fabrication and Data Analysis.
Thanks are also due to Ansys/Lumerical Incorporation, which has
provided technical support, short-term license for their
Figure 5 – The graph shows simulation software to carry out the research work.
the FSR, at 1551.29 nm
FSR=10.5 nm
Finally, our thanks go to the
𝜆 2 Fig. 6- shows the Monte Carlo Gain curve of lattice filter to assess the Lightwave communication system
𝐹𝑆𝑅= flat-top gain variation for four simulation runs. It is evident from this laboratory’s researchers, the
Δ 𝐿𝑛𝑔
figure that there is a very high impact on the gain curve because of Department of ECE, NEHU
manufacturing variability, namely wafer thickness variability, feature Shillong, for their support.
size variability.

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