Fabrication of Michelson interferometer-type wavelength converter integrated with multi-mode interference coupler (MIWC-MMIC)

Author

Yoshioka, Keitaro ; Uchida, Kei ; Matsumoto, Atsushi ; Utaka, K.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Sci. & Eng., Waseda Univ., Tokyo, Japan

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

119

Lastpage

120

Abstract

We developed a Michelson interferometer-type wavelength converter utilizing cross-gain modulation of SOAs integrated with a multi-mode interference coupler (MMIC), for the first time. This device is interesting in terms of compactness, which seems essential for multi-channel photonic systems. Fabrication and fundamental wavelength convertor operation are exhibited.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; Michelson interferometers; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; optical communication equipment; optical couplers; optical fabrication; optical modulation; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; InGaAsP; Michelson interferometer-type wavelength converter; SOAs; cross-gain modulation; interferometer-type wavelength converter; multi-channel photonic systems; multi-mode interference coupler; Current measurement; Fabrication; Interference; MMICs; Optical interferometry; Optical wavelength conversion; Power measurement; Refractive index; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Semiconductor Laser Conference, 2002. IEEE 18th International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7598-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISLC.2002.1041146

Filename

1041146