Characterization of single micro-ring resonator filter with doubled free-spectral range

The study proposes a new structure to double the free-spectral range (FSR) of a micro-ring resonator filter using optical interference. The proposed structure adds an input light to the Add port of the conventional two-bus one-ring (TBOR) filter and adds a phase shifter to tuning the light. The FSR of the conventional TBOR filter can be doubled by the interference from the light field of the new input port. In the study, the effects of the output spectrum depending on the phase shift, coupling coefficient, and loss are discussed. The results show that the resonance wavelength changes by tuning of the phase shifter which increases the choice of wavelength. Meanwhile a flat pass band, a sharpness degree of edge rolloff, a high quality factor as high as 105 and a perfect extinction effect can be obtained by selecting a proper coupling coefficient. However loss can bring more crosstalk which should be decreased as more as possible.