Table 1 Summary and comparison of the integrated silicon photonic tunable filter performances.

From: Programmable wavelength filter with double ring loaded MZI

 

Tunability

Simulation

Demonstration

Optimization

10

Partially

5th Butterworth

Butterworth

Local

11

Fully

2nd Butterworth

Butterworth

Local

13

Fully

Butterworth

2nd, 4th

Assisted with

Chebyshev, elliptical

Elliptical

Additional ring

14

Fully

Butterworth

FIR

Local

Chebyshev, elliptical

Butterworth

 

Our design

Fully

Butterworth

2nd elliptical

Local

Chebyshev, elliptical

Chebyshev

Global