Electrooptic tuning of InP-based microphotonic Fabry-Perot filters

Author

Kotlyar, Maria V. ; Faolain, Liam O. ; Krysa, Andrey B. ; Krauss, Thomas F.

Author_Institution

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

Volume

23

Issue

6

fYear

2005

fDate

6/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2169

Lastpage

2174

Abstract

This paper presents the experimental results for compact (20- and 40-μm-long) electrooptically tuned deeply etched Fabry-Perot (F-P) filters in InP-based material. Both the quantum-confined Stark effect (QCSE) and carrier-injection (C-I) effects were implemented to achieve tunability of these microcavity filters. Red and blue shifts of the transmission peaks in the order of 1 to 2 nm were observed for both effects, and the limitations on C-I due to thermal effect are clearly demonstrated and discussed. The advantages and disadvantages of both tuning mechanisms are highlighted.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; electro-optical filters; etching; indium compounds; micro-optics; microcavities; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical tuning; quantum confined Stark effect; red shift; 20 mum; 40 mum; InP; InP-based material; blue shift; carrier-injection; deeply etched Fabry-Perot filters; electrooptic tuning; microcavity filters; microphotonic Fabry-Perot filters; quantum-confined Stark effect; red shift; transmission peaks; Circuit optimization; Etching; Filters; Indium phosphide; Microcavities; Mirrors; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Stark effect; Thermal conductivity; Fabry–PÉrot (F–P) cavity; InP–InGaAsP; microresonators; quantum-confined Stark effect (QCSE); quantum-well (QW) devices; tunable filters;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2005.849880

Filename

1440526