A proposed vertical-cavity optical repeater for optical inter-board connections

Author

Suzuki, Nobuo ; Ohashi, Makoto ; Nakamura, Masaru

Author_Institution

Toshiba Lab., Optoelectron., Kawasaki, Japan

Volume

9

Issue

8

fYear

1997

Firstpage

1149

Lastpage

1151

Abstract

A novel optical device, in which a photodiode and an optical amplifier are integrated in a vertical-coupled cavity, is proposed. Conditions to suppress the reflection, important for an optical interconnection without optical isolators, are clarified. Its fundamental characteristics and cascadability are analyzed by the transfer matrix method. A transmission gain sufficient to compensate for the coupling loss, a photodiode (PD) efficiency of about unity, and an excellent cascadability of over 100 stages are predicted.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; integrated optoelectronics; laser cavity resonators; optical interconnections; optical losses; optical repeaters; photodiodes; quantum well lasers; InGaAs-GaAs; MQW lasers; MQW photodiodes; cascadability; coupling loss compensation; fundamental characteristics; optical amplifier; optical device; optical inter-board connections; optical interconnection; optical interconnections; photodiode; photodiode efficiency; reflection suppression; strained quantum well devices; transfer matrix method; transmission gain; vertical-cavity optical repeater; vertical-coupled cavity optical integration; Integrated optics; Isolators; Optical amplifiers; Optical devices; Optical interconnections; Optical reflection; Photodiodes; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.605532

Filename

605532