Title :
First demonstration of a MEMS tunable vertical-cavity SOA
Author :
Chen, Qi ; Cole, Garrett D. ; Björlin, E. Staffan ; Kimura, Toshio ; Wu, Shaomin ; Wang, Chad S. ; MacDonald, Noel C. ; Bowers, John E.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of California Santa Barbara, CA, USA
fDate :
6/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We present the first microelectromechanical tunable vertical-cavity semiconductor optical amplifier. The device operates in the long wavelength range and exhibits a minimum of 10 dB of device gain through 11 nm of tuning.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; micro-optics; micromechanical devices; optical pumping; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 10 dB; MEMS; microelectromechanical devices; optical pumping; semiconductor optical amplifier; surface-emitting lasers; tunable amplifiers; vertical-cavity SOA; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Gallium arsenide; Laser tuning; Micromechanical devices; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Surface emitting lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2004.827428
