• DocumentCode
    1331393
  • Title

    Temperature-insensitive micromachined AlGaAs-GaAs vertical cavity filter

  • Author

    Amano, T. ; Koyama, F. ; Nishiyama, N. ; Iga, K.

  • Author_Institution
    Precision & Intelligence Lab., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama, Japan
  • Volume
    12
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    5/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    510
  • Lastpage
    512
  • Abstract
    We have demonstrated a temperature-insensitive micromachined vertical cavity filter with an AlGaAs-GaAs distributed Bragg reflector (DBR), which can be thermally tuned by differential thermal expansion. The achieved temperature dependence was as small as +0.01 nm/K, which is one-tenth of that of conventional semiconductor based optical filters.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; micro-optics; micromachining; optical filters; AlGaAs-GaAs; AlGaAs-GaAs vertical cavity filter; add-drop optical filter; differential thermal expansion; micromachining; semiconductor distributed Bragg reflector; temperature dependence; temperature insensitivity; thermal tuning; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Gallium arsenide; Laser tuning; Optical filters; Plasma temperature; Temperature dependence; Thermal expansion; Tunable circuits and devices; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; WDM networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.841269
  • Filename
    841269