PN-type carrier-induced filter with modulatable extinction ratio

We demonstrate the first PN-type carrier-induced silicon waveguide Bragg grating filter on a SOI wafer. The optical extinction ratio of this kind of filter can be efficiently modulated under both reverse and forward biases. The carrier-induced Bragg grating based on a PN junction is fabricated on the silicon waveguide using litho compensation technology. The measured optical bandwidth and the extinction ratio of the filter are 0.45 nm and 19 dB, respectively. The optical extinction ratio modulation under the reverse bias is more than 11.5 dB and it is more than 10 dB under the forward bias. Only 1-dB optical transmission loss is realized in this Bragg grating under a reverse bias. The shifting rates of the central wavelength under forward and reverse biases are similar to-1.25 nm/V and 0.01 nm/V, respectively. The 3-dB modulation bandwidth of this filter is 5.1 GHz at a bias of -10 V. (C) 2014 Optical Society of America.