Title :
Novel Active Swithching Components Based on Semiconductor Microdisk Resonators
Author :
Djordjev, Kostadin ; Choi, Seung-June ; Choi, Sang-Jun ; Dapkus, P.D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Southern California Univ., Los Angeles, CA
Abstract :
Novel active semiconductor microdisk switching devices are demonstrated. The devices utilize a free carrier injection (FCI) active region to tune the resonant frequency, and electroabsorption and gain active regions to change the quality factor of the cavity
Keywords :
Q-factor; electroabsorption; optical resonators; optical switches; active switching components; electroabsorption; free carrier injection; quality factor; resonant frequency tuning; semiconductor microdisk resonators;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8
