Title :
Manipulation of cavity Q and critical coupling in microring resonator through integration of a semiconductor optical amplifier
Author :
Menon, V.M. ; Tong, W. ; Forrest, S.R.
Author_Institution :
Center for Photonics & Optoelectronic Mater., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA
Abstract :
We report the control of quality factor and critical coupling in an InP/InGaAsP microring resonator by altering the internal loss in the ring using an integrated semiconductor optical amplifier.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; Q-factor; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; integrated optics; micro-optics; optical couplers; optical losses; optical resonators; semiconductor optical amplifiers; InP-InGaAsP; cavity Q; critical coupling; integrated semiconductor optical amplifier; internal loss; microring resonator; quality factor;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
