Electrically tunable multiquantum-well InGaAsP-InGaAsP microphotonic filter

Author

Kotlyar, M.V. ; O´Faolain, L. ; Krysa, A.B. ; Krauss, T.F.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of St. Andrews, UK

Volume

17

Issue

4

fYear

2005

fDate

4/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

837

Lastpage

839

Abstract

Planar waveguide-based Fabry-Pe/spl acute/rot microcavities of 20- and 40-μm length have been studied. The cavity resonance has been tuned via carrier injection by a maximum of 1.9 nm at a wavelength of 1.3 μm with only 6 mW of tuning power. The interplay between electrical and thermal tuning is highlighted.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; electro-optical effects; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; micro-optics; microcavities; mirrors; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical filters; optical planar waveguides; optical tuning; quantum well devices; semiconductor quantum wells; 1.3 mum; 20 mum; 40 mum; 6 mW; InGaAsP; carrier injection; cavity resonance; electrically tunable multiquantum-well microphotonic filter; planar waveguide-based Fabry-Perot microcavities; thermal tuning; tuning power; Contacts; Etching; Filters; Microcavities; Mirrors; Optical tuning; Optical waveguides; Resonance; Thermal resistance; Tunable circuits and devices; Fabry–PÉrot (F-P) cavity; InGaAsP; microresonators; quantum-well (QW) devices; tunable filters;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2005.843974

Filename

1411893