Active semiconductor microdisk devices

Author

Djordjev, Kostadin ; Choi, Sang-Jun ; Choi, Seung-June ; Dapkus, P.D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Electrophys., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

20

Issue

1

fYear

2002

fDate

1/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

105

Lastpage

113

Abstract

The design of active semiconductor microdisk switches, modulators, or wavelength routers enabled by modulating the transfer characteristics of a resonant cavity is investigated. A simple theoretical model based on coupled-mode theory is used to elucidate design trends and constraints in the cases where electroabsorption, gain, and free carrier injection are employed to modulate the resonator characteristic

Keywords

cavity resonators; coupled mode analysis; electroabsorption; integrated optics; micro-optics; optical resonators; optical switches; optical waveguide components; optical waveguide filters; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM; active microresonators; active semiconductor microdisk devices; active semiconductor microdisk modulators; active semiconductor microdisk switches; active semiconductor microdisk wavelength routers; coupled-mode theory model; design constraints; design trends; electroabsorption; electroabsorption effect; free carrier injection; gain; integrated optics; modulators; optical switches; optical waveguide filters; resonant cavity transfer characteristics; resonator characteristic; transfer characteristics modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; Microcavities; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Resonance; Resonator filters; Semiconductor waveguides; Switches; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.974825

Filename

974825