• DocumentCode
    3021761
  • Title

    Fiber-free Characterization of Photonic Integrated Circuits by Thermoreflectance Microscopy

  • Author

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

  • Author_Institution
    Mount Holyoke Coll., South Hadley
  • 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
    infrared imaging; integrated optics; optical microscopy; optical testing; semiconductor optical amplifiers; superradiance; thermoreflectance; amplified spontaneous emission; cascaded semiconductor optical amplifiers; fiber-free characterization; integrated semiconductor optical amplifiers; photonic integrated circuits; thermoreflectance imaging; thermoreflectance microscopy; 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
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453493
  • Filename
    4453493