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Porous silicon-based rugate filters

2005; Optica Publishing Group; Volume: 44; Issue: 26 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1364/ao.44.005415

0003-6935

E. Lorenzo, Claudio J. Otón, N. E. Capuj, Mher Ghulinyan, Daniel Navarro‐Urrios, Z. Gaburro, Lorenzo Pavesi,

Photonic and Optical Devices

We report an experimental study of porous silicon-based rugate filters. We performed filter apodization, following a half-apodization approach, which successfully attenuated the sidelobes at both sides of the photonic stop band. We achieved successful reduction of interference ripples through the insertion of index-matching layers on the first and last interfaces. An apodized dielectric mirror and a rugate filter are compared: Appreciable differences in the harmonic presence and stop-band performance were observed and are commented on. Bandwidth control when index contrast is modified is also demonstrated. Finally, the possibility of combining different rugate filter designs to attain more complex responses is demonstrated by the achievement of a multi-stop-band filter. Numerical calculations for design optimization and comparison with experimental data are reported too.