Title :
In-plane MEMS tunable Gires-Tournois interferometers
Author :
St-Gelais, Raphael ; Kerrien, Thomas ; Poulin, Alexandre ; Peter, Yves-Alain
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng. Phys., Ecole Polytech. de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We present MEMS tunable Gires-Tournois interferometers (GTIs) based on deeply etched Bragg reflectors. The broad reflection bandwidth (∼100 nm) of the Bragg reflectors allows operation over almost the whole C and L bands with a single cavity, while the in-plane configuration allows the design of a wide range of cavity length (i.e. free spectral range). Applications such as fast tunable dispersion compensation in optical fiber networks are expected.
Keywords :
Actuators; Etching; Interferometers; Micromechanical devices; Mirrors; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical reflection; Optical waveguides; Reflectivity;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
