Surface emitting lasers by selective area epitaxy for optical clock distribution

Author

Swint, R.B. ; Elarde, V.C. ; Raychaudhuri, S. ; Coleman, J.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA

Volume

38

Issue

15

fYear

2002

fDate

7/18/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

794

Lastpage

795

Abstract

The integration of a laser diode with a passive waveguide distribution network for use in an optical clock distribution system is demonstrated. The integration concept is demonstrated by utilising selective area epitaxy and etched surface gratings to create active and passive components for signal generation and distribution

Keywords

MOCVD; diffraction gratings; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; integrated optics; optical backplanes; optical receivers; quantum well lasers; semiconductor growth; semiconductor laser arrays; surface emitting lasers; vapour phase epitaxial growth; active components; etched surface gratings; first-order distributed Bragg reflector; laser diode integration; low threshold; metal organic chemical vapour deposition; optical clock distribution; passive components; passive waveguide distribution network; photoreceiver arrays; quantum well buried heterostructure; second-order diffraction gratings; selective area epitaxy; signal distribution; signal generation; surface emitting lasers; three-step growth; transparent optical distribution network;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronics Letters

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0013-5194

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/el:20020537

Filename

1021847