DocumentCode
2316571
Title
Vertical-cavity saturable absorber intensity modulator
Author
Guina, M. ; Harkonen, A. ; Orsila, L. ; Vainionpaa, A. ; Lyytikainen, J. ; Okhotnikov, O.
Author_Institution
Tampere Univ. of Technol., Finland
fYear
2003
fDate
23-28 March 2003
Firstpage
79
Abstract
We demonstrate a vertical-cavity intensity modulator exploiting optical pumping of a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror. The device reflection is modulated by means of a control beam generated by a laser integrated within the modulator structure.
Keywords
integrated optics; intensity modulation; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; mirrors; optical modulation; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; device reflection; laser beam generation; optical pumping; semiconductor saturable absorber mirror; vertical-cavity intensity modulator; Intensity modulation; Laser beams; Mirrors; Optical control; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Optical reflection; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN
1-55752-746-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247503
Filename
1247503
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