• DocumentCode
    2786541
  • Title

    Fiber-free characterization of photonic integrated circuits by thermoreflectance microscopy

  • Author

    Farzaneh, M. ; Hudgings, Janice A. ; Ram, Rajeev J.

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Physics, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 0I075, USA
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate the use of amplified spontaneous emission in thermoreflectance imaging of photonic integrated circuits for fiber-free characterization of the integrated cascaded semiconductor optical amplifiers.
  • Keywords
    Integrated optics; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber testing; Optical microscopy; Optical surface waves; Photonic integrated circuits; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Temperature; Thermoreflectance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2007.4431270
  • Filename
    4431270