{"title":"InGaAsP/InP Waveguide Grating Filters for λ=1.5μm","authors":"R. Alferness, C. Joyner, M. Divino, L. Buhl","doi":"10.1063/1.95111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/1.95111","url":null,"abstract":"With the achievement of single longitudinal mode semiconductor lasers, the prospect of multiplexing several closely spaced wavelength channels appears quite attractive. Waveguide reflection grating filters are potential candidates for such narrowband multiplexing/demultiplexing applications. In addition, such narrowband filters may be used for FSK detection schemes. Glass waveguide grating filters for visible,1 and recently for long wavelength operation,2 have been demonstrated. However, grating filters based on InGaAsP/InP waveguides offer several advantages including the potential for electrical tunability and monolithic integration with detectors. While gratings have been incorporated into DFB lasers, their fabrication in passive InGaAsP/InP waveguides and filter response evaluation has not been previously reported. Here we report InGaAsP/InP waveguide grating filters for λ≅1.5μm with peak reflectivity >99 percent and filter bandwidths as narrow as 6Å and as broad an 80Å.","PeriodicalId":208165,"journal":{"name":"Seventh Topical Meeting on Integrated and Guided-Wave Optics","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114554565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Channeled-Substrate GaAs/AlGaAs Multiple Quantum-Well Lasers Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy","authors":"Yao-Hwa Wu, M. Werner, Shyh Wang","doi":"10.1063/1.95326","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/1.95326","url":null,"abstract":"Single and multiple quantum-well (MQW) lasers have been extensively investigated1,2. Besides their low threshold current density, these quantum-well heterostructure lasers exibit good linearity in light-output versus current characteristics, a high external differential quantum efficiency, and a high value of To which is a measure of lesser temperature sensitivity. To date, however, there have been few studies3,4 concerning the index-guiding of these quantum-well lasers which is of great interest for practical applications. For fiber-optical communications at high data rates, the control and stability of the lasing modes have become of great concern. Although it is commonly believed that crystal growth using molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) reproduces substrate features with uniform thickness, we have found that growth is sufficiently inhomogeneous to produce thickness variation in the epilayer over the channels. From our laboratory, we have reported the achievement of a single-longitudinal-mode operation of AlxGa1−xAs/GaAs simple double-heterostructure (DH) lasers made by MBE over the channels along [110] direction which provides for lateral modes stabilization. In this paper, we are going to present the fabrication processes and the characteristics of channeled-substrate AlxGa1−xAs/GaAs MQW lasers grown by MBE.","PeriodicalId":208165,"journal":{"name":"Seventh Topical Meeting on Integrated and Guided-Wave Optics","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131280357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Self-sustained Picosecond Pulse Generation in a GaAlAs Laser at an Electrically Tunable Repetition Rate","authors":"K. Lau, A. Yariv","doi":"10.1063/1.95140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/1.95140","url":null,"abstract":"Picosecond pulse generation from semiconductor lasers at high repetition rate is generally accomplished by two different means: mode-locking or direct electrical excitation. The shortest ever pulses of below lps was generated from a passively mode-locked GaAlAs laser [1], while active mode-locking produces somewhat longer optical pulses. The pulse repetion rate of the mode-locked laser is determined by the length of the external cavity and cannot be varied easily. The rather critical optical alignment necessary for operating the laser in an external cavity makes these mode-locked semiconductor lasers somewhat inconvenient in practical applications. A second means of picosecond pulse generation is by directly pumping the laser with intense, short electrical pulses [2,3] or by large amplitude sinusoidal current modulation [4,5]. Optical pulses generated by such means have pulse widths in the vicinity of 15-35 ps. This scheme requires an external RF source for exciting the laser. In this work, we will show that by using a state-of-the-art high speed laser in the optoelectronic feedback configuration shown in Fig. 1, highly stable optical pulses (with jitters of <10fs), with pulse widths between 10 and 20 ps can be generated, with a very high repetition rate from 1 5GHz which can be electrically tuned. This scheme has the advantage of eradicating the necessity of any external RF drive and/or sensitive optical alignment.","PeriodicalId":208165,"journal":{"name":"Seventh Topical Meeting on Integrated and Guided-Wave Optics","volume":"286 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125742425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Extended Precision in Video-Bandwidth Analog-to-Digital Converters Using Optical Techniques","authors":"H. Taylor","doi":"10.1049/EL:19840239","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/EL:19840239","url":null,"abstract":"Analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) are widely used to translate sensor measurements into the digital language of computing, information processing, and control systems. There is presently considerable interest in high-precision (8-10 bit) conversion at rates of 10-20 Msamples/sec for use in digital transmission and recording of television signals.1 However, for some applications (e.g., in radar signal processing) even higher precision at video sampling rates is desired for enhanced dynamic range. It has proven very difficult to achieve precision beyond 10 bits at these rates using conventional silicon integrated circuit technology.","PeriodicalId":208165,"journal":{"name":"Seventh Topical Meeting on Integrated and Guided-Wave Optics","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126978746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Three Channels Buried Crescent InGaAsP Laser with 1.51 μm Wavelength on Semi-insulating InP","authors":"U. Koren, S. Arai, P. Tien","doi":"10.1049/EL:19840118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/EL:19840118","url":null,"abstract":"Laser diodes operating at the 1.5 μm wavelength region can find important applications for long distance optical fiber communication systems. In this letter we report a recently developed three channels buried crescent (TCBC) laser structure operating at 1.51 μm wavelength. This laser structure is similar to structures reported earlier1,2 for 1.2-1.3 μm wavelength operation, but with some modifications necessary to achieve good performance at 1.51 μm wavelength. In the present structure two additional channels are etched on both sides of the laser waveguide channel before the Liquid Phase Epitaxy (LPE) growth process. Because of rapid LPE growth at the edges of these channels, the growth rate is reduced at the central laser waveguide channel. This is important for achieving better control over the thickness of the 1.51 μm InGaAsP active region which has higher growth rates than the 1.3 μm InGaAsP layers.3","PeriodicalId":208165,"journal":{"name":"Seventh Topical Meeting on Integrated and Guided-Wave Optics","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129047820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Characterization of Instability in Ti-indiffused LiNbO3 Modulators Due to Photorefractive and Non-Optical Sources*","authors":"R. Becker","doi":"10.1364/igwo.1984.wc3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/igwo.1984.wc3","url":null,"abstract":"The utility of Ti-indiffused LiNbO3 modulators is limited in some applications by a slow temporal instability due to photorefractive and non-optical sources. In this paper we characterize these effects, separating instabilities which occur with or without an applied voltage due to photoconductive and photovoltaic effects respectively from those caused by non-optical sources. The characterization of optically induced instabilities includes an evaluation of devices fabricated on two different crystallographic orientations as well as a demonstration of a \"fixing\" technique that dramatically reduces the device susceptibility to the photorefractive effect. A simple RC circuit is used to model instabilities not optically induced that occur when a dc or quasi-dc voltage is applied.","PeriodicalId":208165,"journal":{"name":"Seventh Topical Meeting on Integrated and Guided-Wave Optics","volume":"23 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116635145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Noise and Dynamic Aspects of Semiconductor Lasers","authors":"A. Yariv, K. Vahala","doi":"10.1364/igwo.1984.wb1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/igwo.1984.wb1","url":null,"abstract":"Recent experimental progress in the field of semiconductor-laser noise and spectra are summarized and the dynamic extension of the conventional (Schawlow-Townes) noise theory and conventional (Lamb) laser theory, which are needed to account for the new observations are described.","PeriodicalId":208165,"journal":{"name":"Seventh Topical Meeting on Integrated and Guided-Wave Optics","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121022631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ti:LiNbO3 Linear Interferometric Modulators and Photorefractive Effects","authors":"C. Bulmer, W. Burns, S. C. Hiser","doi":"10.1364/igwo.1984.wc1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/igwo.1984.wc1","url":null,"abstract":"Linear operation of a Ti:LiNbO3 channel waveguide interferometric modulator with asymmetric arms was previously demonstrated at 633 nm.1 Such a device, when driven by a dipole antenna and coupled with single mode fibers,2 would form an integrated optic electromagnetic field sensor. Much improved dynamic range has now been achieved at 830 nm using a single-polarization interferometer. We have also observed the effects of photorefractive induced index change (optical damage) on device performance.","PeriodicalId":208165,"journal":{"name":"Seventh Topical Meeting on Integrated and Guided-Wave Optics","volume":"105 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114256112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integrated Quantum Well Laser/MESFET Transmitter Using Selective MOCVD Epitaxy and Ion Implantation","authors":"C. Hong, D. Kasemset, M. Kim, R. Milano","doi":"10.1364/igwo.1984.tud3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/igwo.1984.tud3","url":null,"abstract":"The development of GaAlAs/GaAs integrated optoelectronic devices1 and circuits2 (IOEC) has been motivated by the potential of optical communications in high-density, high–data–rate interconnection of integrated circuits or signal processing systems. Recently, we have demonstrated a monolithic integration scheme which is compatible with the ion-implanted GaAs IC fabrication.3 Here, we report a high-performance integrated quantum well laser/MESFET transmitter using this integration scheme. The use of quantum well laser structures in the transmitter design is twofold. Low threshold can be obtained with a simple stripe geometry which facilitates integration, and second, quantum well lasers exhibit better dynamic characteristics than the conventional lasers under direct modulation.","PeriodicalId":208165,"journal":{"name":"Seventh Topical Meeting on Integrated and Guided-Wave Optics","volume":"303 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115874264","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Coherent Raman Scattering in Thin Film Waveguides","authors":"W. Hetherington, N.E. VanWyck, E. W. Koenig","doi":"10.1364/igwo.1984.tub5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/igwo.1984.tub5","url":null,"abstract":"The field localization associated with planar integrated optics makes a thin film an ideal medium for performing nonlinear optics phenomena with moderate total powers. To date, primarily second order processes1–3 have been demonstrated. Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering, i.e. CARS (CSRS) is a third order process in which two photons at ω1 combine with one photon at ω2 (or vice-versa) to produce a photon at the frequency ω3=2ω1−ω2 (or ω3=2ω2−ω1). The resulting signal is enhanced when ω1−ω2 coincides with a vibrational Raman transition in the molecules which make up the medium and hence sweeping the difference frequency yields the Raman spectrum of the medium. This process promises sensitivities orders of magnitude larger than for spontaneous Raman scattering which has already been observed in thin film waveguides4.","PeriodicalId":208165,"journal":{"name":"Seventh Topical Meeting on Integrated and Guided-Wave Optics","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134373636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}