Fabry-Perot Resonator Based on InGaAs/AlGaAs/AlAsSb Quantum Well Waveguide and its all-optical Tuning at GHz-Repetition Rate

Conference: ECOC 2009 - 35th European Conference on Optical Communication
09/20/2009 - 09/24/2009 at Vienna, Austria

Proceedings: ECOC 2009

Pages: 2Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Abedin, K. S.; Miyazak, T. (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan)
Akimoto, R.; Kuwatsuka, H. (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan)

Abstract:
We report a Fabry-Perot resonator constructed from InGaAs/AlGaAs/AlAsSb quantum well waveguide, which can be optically tuned. Tuning using optical pulses at 1.552micrometer at 1GHz-repetition-rate is achieved by intersubband transition induced cross-phase modulation effect.