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 |
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Partially | 5th Butterworth | Butterworth | Local | |
Fully | 2nd Butterworth | Butterworth | Local | |
Fully | Butterworth | 2nd, 4th | Assisted with | |
Chebyshev, elliptical | Elliptical | Additional ring | ||
Fully | Butterworth | FIR | Local | |
Chebyshev, elliptical | Butterworth | Â | ||
Our design | Fully | Butterworth | 2nd elliptical | Local |
Chebyshev, elliptical | Chebyshev | Global |