• DocumentCode
    990707
  • Title

    First demonstration of a MEMS tunable vertical-cavity SOA

  • Author

    Chen, Qi ; Cole, Garrett D. ; Björlin, E. Staffan ; Kimura, Toshio ; Wu, Shaomin ; Wang, Chad S. ; MacDonald, Noel C. ; Bowers, John E.

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of California Santa Barbara, CA, USA
  • Volume
    16
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    6/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1438
  • Lastpage
    1440
  • Abstract
    We present the first microelectromechanical tunable vertical-cavity semiconductor optical amplifier. The device operates in the long wavelength range and exhibits a minimum of 10 dB of device gain through 11 nm of tuning.
  • Keywords
    laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; micro-optics; micromechanical devices; optical pumping; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 10 dB; MEMS; microelectromechanical devices; optical pumping; semiconductor optical amplifier; surface-emitting lasers; tunable amplifiers; vertical-cavity SOA; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Gallium arsenide; Laser tuning; Micromechanical devices; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Surface emitting lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2004.827428
  • Filename
    1300624
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=990707