Push-pull fused vertical coupler switch

被引:11
作者
Liu, B [1 ]
Shakouri, A
Abraham, P
Bowers, JE
机构
[1] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
[2] Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Jack Baskin Sch Engn, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA
关键词
electrooptic effects; optical directional couplers; optical switches; water bonding;
D O I
10.1109/68.766777
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
A single-electrode push-pull fused vertical coupler (FVC) switch using macroscopic crystal inversion symmetry is demonstrated. The anisotropic linear electrooptic effect in a zinc-blende crystal is used to achieve optical switching under 12-V reverse bias for a 6.9-mm-long FVC whose two guiding layers have different crystal symmetries. No switching is observed for the identical structure in which the two guiding layers have the same crystal symmetry.
引用
收藏
页码:662 / 664
页数:3
相关论文
共 11 条
[1]   BROADLY TUNABLE INGAASP/INP BURIED RIB WAVE-GUIDE VERTICAL COUPLER FILTER [J].
ALFERNESS, RC ;
BUHL, LL ;
KOREN, U ;
MILLER, BI ;
YOUNG, MG ;
KOCH, TL ;
BURRUS, CA ;
RAYBON, G .
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1992, 60 (08) :980-982
[2]   ELECTRO-OPTICAL LIGHT-MODULATION IN INGAASP INP DOUBLE HETEROSTRUCTURE DIODES [J].
BACH, HG ;
KRAUSER, J ;
NOLTING, HP ;
LOGAN, RA ;
REINHART, FK .
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1983, 42 (08) :692-694
[3]  
BLACK A, 1997, IEEE J SEL TOP QUANT, V3, P937
[4]   Ultrashort low-loss optical multiquantum-well GaAs/GaAlAs vertical directional coupler switch [J].
Dollinger, F ;
vonBorcke, M ;
Bohm, G ;
Trankle, G ;
Weimann, G .
ELECTRONICS LETTERS, 1996, 32 (16) :1509-1510
[5]   SWITCHING OPERATION IN A GAINAS-INP MQW INTEGRATED-TWIN-GUIDE (ITG) OPTICAL SWITCH [J].
KOHTOKU, M ;
BABA, S ;
ARAI, S ;
SUEMATSU, Y .
IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS, 1991, 3 (03) :225-226
[6]   Fused vertical couplers [J].
Liu, B ;
Shakouri, A ;
Abraham, P ;
Kim, BG ;
Jackson, AW ;
Bowers, JE .
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1998, 72 (21) :2637-2638
[7]   ANTIPHASE DIRECT BONDING AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE FABRICATION OF INP-BASED 1.55-MU-M WAVELENGTH LASERS ON GAAS SUBSTRATES [J].
OKUNO, Y ;
UOMI, K ;
AOKI, M ;
TANIWATARI, T ;
SUZUKI, M ;
KONDOW, M .
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1995, 66 (04) :451-453
[8]   Wafer-fused optoelectronics for switching [J].
Shakouri, A ;
Liu, B ;
Kim, BG ;
Abraham, P ;
Jackson, AW ;
Gossard, AC ;
Bowers, JE .
JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY, 1998, 16 (12) :2236-2242
[9]  
YARIV A, 1975, QUANTUM ELECTRON, pCH14
[10]   QUASI-PHASE-MATCHED 2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION IN ALGAAS WAVE-GUIDES WITH PERIODIC DOMAIN INVERSION ACHIEVED BY WAFER-BONDING [J].
YOO, SJB ;
BHAT, R ;
CANEAU, C ;
KOZA, MA .
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1995, 66 (25) :3410-3412