Optical filters based on ring resonators with integrated semiconductor optical amplifiers in GaInAsP-InP

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1405-1411

  Rabus, Dominik G ^a   Hamacher, Michael ^a   Troppenz, Ute ^a   Heidrich, Helmut ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Filter; GaInAsP; Resonator; Ring; Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; LASER RESONATORS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ALL OPTICAL NETWORKS; RING RESONATORS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM INDIUM ARSENIDE PHOSPHIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

EID: 0036881323     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2002.806692     Document Type: Article

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