Title :
Active semiconductor microdisk devices
Author :
Djordjev, Kostadin ; Choi, Sang-Jun ; Choi, Seung-June ; Dapkus, P.D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Electrophys., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
fDate :
1/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The design of active semiconductor microdisk switches, modulators, or wavelength routers enabled by modulating the transfer characteristics of a resonant cavity is investigated. A simple theoretical model based on coupled-mode theory is used to elucidate design trends and constraints in the cases where electroabsorption, gain, and free carrier injection are employed to modulate the resonator characteristic
Keywords :
cavity resonators; coupled mode analysis; electroabsorption; integrated optics; micro-optics; optical resonators; optical switches; optical waveguide components; optical waveguide filters; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM; active microresonators; active semiconductor microdisk devices; active semiconductor microdisk modulators; active semiconductor microdisk switches; active semiconductor microdisk wavelength routers; coupled-mode theory model; design constraints; design trends; electroabsorption; electroabsorption effect; free carrier injection; gain; integrated optics; modulators; optical switches; optical waveguide filters; resonant cavity transfer characteristics; resonator characteristic; transfer characteristics modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; Microcavities; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Resonance; Resonator filters; Semiconductor waveguides; Switches; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
