A method to tune the cavity-mode wavelength of resonant cavity-enhanced photodetectors for bidirectional optical interconnects

Author

Chung, Il-Sug ; Lee, Yong Tak

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. & Commun., Gwangju Inst. of Sci. & Technol., South Korea

Volume

18

Issue

1

fYear

2006

Firstpage

46

Lastpage

48

Abstract

A method to tune the cavity-mode wavelength of resonant cavity-enhanced photodetectors (RCE-PDs) is proposed. The proposed method can enable monolithic integration of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers and RCE-PDs to be a cost-competitive choice for bidirectional optical interconnection by reducing the amount of component and packaging costs presently involved. The properly tuned cavity-mode wavelengths remain effectively aligned within a temperature range of -10°C∼50°C.

Keywords

integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; laser tuning; monolithic integrated circuits; optical interconnections; photodetectors; quantum well lasers; surface emitting lasers; 10 to 50 degC; bidirectional optical interconnection; bidirectional optical interconnects; cavity-mode wavelength tuning; monolithic integration; packaging costs; resonant cavity-enhanced photodetectors; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers; Costs; Laser tuning; Monolithic integrated circuits; Optical interconnections; Optical surface waves; Packaging; Photodetectors; Resonance; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Monolithic integration; optical interconnection; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2005.859985

Filename

1546032