Title :
Tunable Optical Delay and Nonlinear Phase Shift using 1.55 μm VCSEL
Author :
Suda, S. ; Hirano, G. ; Koyama, F. ; Nishiyama, N. ; Caneau, C. ; Zah, C.E.
Author_Institution :
Microsyst. Res. Center, Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama
Abstract :
We present the tunable optical delay and nonlinear phase-shift using reverse-biased 1.55 mum VCSEL. The reduction of recovery time in saturable absorber with increasing reverse bias would enable to control the phase of high speed optical signals
Keywords :
delays; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; nonlinear optics; optical control; optical phase shifters; optical saturable absorption; phase control; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; 1.55 micron; high speed optical signals; nonlinear phase shift; phase control; recovery time; reverse-biased VCSEL; saturable absorber; tunable optical delay; Delay; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical refraction; Optical saturation; Optical variables control; Tunable circuits and devices; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference, 2006. Conference Digest. 2006 IEEE 20th International
Conference_Location :
Kohala Coast, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9560-3
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.2006.1708116
