First demonstration of a MEMS tunable vertical-cavity SOA

被引:14
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作者
Chen, Q [1 ]
Cole, GD
Björlin, ES
Kimura, T
Wu, SM
Wang, CS
MacDonald, NC
Bowers, JE
机构
[1] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
[2] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Mat, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
terms-laser amplifiers; microelectromechanical (MEMS) devices; optical pumping; semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs); surface-emitting lasers; tunable amplifiers;
D O I
10.1109/LPT.2004.827428
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
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.
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页码:1438 / 1440
页数:3
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