Loncar, MarkoFrank, Ian Ward2013-10-152013-10-152013Frank, Ian Ward. 2013. Integrated filters for the on-chip silicon photonics platform. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University.http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11205http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:11169788We investigate the properties of integrated dielectric filters for the purposes of on-chip routing of photons. We started with the use of high quality factor tunable photonic crystal nanobeam cavities and moving on to examine a new class of reflection based reverse designed filters that maintain the footprint of a waveguide while allowing for arbitrary amplitude and phase response.en-USOpticsFilterModulatorPhotonicsWaveguideThesis or Dissertation2014-10-10