Design and characterization of a tunable polarization-independent resonant grating filter.

We present the design, analysis and characterization of a polarization-independent tunable resonant grating filter. Polarization independence is achieved by setting the plane of incidence parallel to the grating grooves and optimizing the fill factor to obtain a strong reflection peak for all incident polarization states. Experimental measurements show that approximate angular insensitivity to the input polarization orientation concurrent with tunability over a wavelength range of roughly 1530 nm to 1560 nm is achieved.

Tunable, oblique incidence resonant grating filter for telecommunications.

We have designed a tunable, oblique-incidence resonant grating filter that covers the C band as an add-drop device for incident TE-polarized light. We tune the filter by tilting a microelectromechanical systems platform onto which the filter is attached. The fabrication tolerances as well as the role of finite incident-beam size and limited device size were addressed.