A directional coupler incorporating a transverse Bragg grating in the GaAs/AlGaAs MQW heterostructure

Author

Wielichowski, Marcin ; Patela, Sergiusz

Author_Institution

Fac. of Microsyst. Electron. & Photonics, Wroclaw Univ. of Technol., Poland

fYear

2003

fDate

8-11 May 2003

Firstpage

310

Lastpage

312

Abstract

A proposal for the construction of a directional coupler loaded with a transverse Bragg grating in the GaAs/AlGaAs MQW heterostructure is presented. The authors analyze the propagation of light within strip waveguides. Application of the third-order Bragg grating is analyzed. The geometrical properties of the device have been determined with special attention paid to ensuring the simplicity of the device manufacture.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; integrated optics; light propagation; optical directional couplers; optical planar waveguides; semiconductor quantum wells; GaAs-AlGaAs; MQW heterostructure; directional coupler; geometrical properties; light propagation; strip waveguides; transverse Bragg grating; Bragg gratings; Directional couplers; Gallium arsenide; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Quantum well devices; Semiconductor waveguides; Strips;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics Technology: Integrated Management of Electronic Materials Production, 2003. 26th International Spring Seminar on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8002-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSE.2003.1260539

Filename

1260539