Recent advances in the monolithic integration of waveguide grating router based devices on InP

Author

Joyner, C.H. ; Doerr, C.R. ; Storz, F.G.

Author_Institution

Lucent Technol., AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

533

Lastpage

538

Abstract

We present a series of epitaxial studies resulting in reduced waveguide loss and improved quantum efficiency for waveguides and amplifiers respectively on InP. Combined with improved router designs and optimized active/passive transitions, these advances make the fabrication of many large scale (>1 cm) devices practical. We will demonstrate low threshold waveguide grating router (WGR) based lasers, a 9×9 optical spatial cross connect, and a dynamic power equalizer

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; diffraction gratings; equalisers; indium compounds; integrated optoelectronics; optical communication equipment; optical fabrication; optical interconnections; optical losses; semiconductor optical amplifiers; waveguide lasers; 9×9 optical spatial cross connect; InP; amplifiers; dynamic power equalizer; epitaxial studies; fabrication; low threshold waveguide grating router based lasers; monolithic integration; optimized active/passive transitions; quantum efficiency; waveguide grating router based devices; waveguide loss; Design optimization; Gratings; Indium phosphide; Large-scale systems; Laser transitions; Monolithic integrated circuits; Optical amplifiers; Optical device fabrication; Optical losses; Optical waveguides;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Indium Phosphide and Related Materials, 1999. IPRM. 1999 Eleventh International Conference on

Conference_Location

Davos

ISSN

1092-8669

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5562-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIPRM.1999.773750

Filename

773750