Title :
Wavelength selective WDM modulator with high-Q ring resonators in deeply etched InP/InGaAsP waveguides
Author :
Kwakernaak, M.H. ; Lepore, A.N. ; Mohseni, H. ; Maley, N. ; An, H. ; Shellenbarger, Z.A. ; Braun, A.M. ; Chan, W.K. ; Abeles, J.H. ; Bae, J.W. ; Jang, J.H. ; Adesida, I.
Author_Institution :
Sarnoff Corp., Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Electro-refractive InP/InGaAsP ring-resonators with quality factors of up to 20000 are demonstrated. A novel modified MMI-coupler is used to provide reproducible low coupling to the access waveguide. We demonstrate modulation and the first link experiments.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; Q-factor; electro-optical modulation; etching; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; optical couplers; optical resonators; optical waveguides; wavelength division multiplexing; InP-InGaAsP; InP/InGaAsP waveguides; WDM modulator; access waveguide; deeply etched waveguides; electrorefractive resonators; high-Q resonators; link experiments; modified MMI-coupler; modulation; reproducible low coupling; ring-resonators; wavelength selective modulators;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
