We report an experimental study of porous silicon-based rugate filters. Possible optimisations that can improve different features of the filters are investigated. We demonstrate sidelobe attenuation by means of half-apodization of the structures with a sinusoidal window. Reduction of interference ripples are experimentally observed through the insertion of index-matching layers on the boundaries of the structure. The superposition of two different designs to obtain a multi-stop-band filter is also demonstrated. We show the possibility of controlling the bandwidth of the stop-bands by varying the index contrast. All the results are discussed and compared with numerical calculations.
Fabrication and optimization of rugate filters based on porous silicon
Ghulinyan, Mher;
2005-01-01
Abstract
We report an experimental study of porous silicon-based rugate filters. Possible optimisations that can improve different features of the filters are investigated. We demonstrate sidelobe attenuation by means of half-apodization of the structures with a sinusoidal window. Reduction of interference ripples are experimentally observed through the insertion of index-matching layers on the boundaries of the structure. The superposition of two different designs to obtain a multi-stop-band filter is also demonstrated. We show the possibility of controlling the bandwidth of the stop-bands by varying the index contrast. All the results are discussed and compared with numerical calculations.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
