WAVELENGTH TUNING BY QUANTUM-WELL ELECTROREFRACTION IN A GRATING-ASSISTED VERTICAL COUPLER FILTER WITH INGAASP INALGAAS MQW WAVE-GUIDE/

Authors
VANDERBAUWHEDE W MOERMAN I VANDAELE P DEMEESTER P
Citation
W. Vanderbauwhede et al., WAVELENGTH TUNING BY QUANTUM-WELL ELECTROREFRACTION IN A GRATING-ASSISTED VERTICAL COUPLER FILTER WITH INGAASP INALGAAS MQW WAVE-GUIDE/, Optical and quantum electronics, 28(5), 1996, pp. 583-590
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Optical and quantum electronics → ACNP
ISSN journal
03068919
Volume
28
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
583 - 590
Database
ISI
SICI code
0306-8919(1996)28:5<583:WTBQEI>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
We present the first demonstration of E-field tuning of an InP-based g rating-assisted vertical codirectional coupler filter with an InAIGaAs /lnGaAsP MQW region in one of the waveguide cores. This filter exhibit s 16 nm tuning by QW-electrorefraction, which is the highest value rep orted to our knowledge. The device has 3.2 nm bandwidth at 1568 nm for 1.6 mm interaction length, very low losses, good sidelobe suppression , high coupling efficiency and a modified polarization dependence.