Abstract
A state-space model (SSM) is developed for an integrated photonic architecture. This particular architecture is composed of two-port couplers and current-controllable semiconductor optical amplifiers (gains) fabricated on the same substrate. This device architecture leads to a new type of lattice filter structure. The SSM is shown to be factorizable into two matrices, one containing structural parameters of the two-port couplers, which are set during manufacturing, and the other containing the tunable gains. The SSM provides a systematic and practical approach to the analysis of the underlying filter structure, which can be easily extended to multiple-input, multiple-output optical filter structures with or without adjustable gains using two- or four-port couplers. A novel method of using the gains as loss compensation elements in addition to their tunable roles is developed.
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