All-optical switching in a strained-layer asymmetric Fabry-Perot étalon

M. H. Maloney; J. F. Heffernan; J. Hegarty; J. Woodhead; P. A. Claxton

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1991),
paper CMF6

All-optical switching in a strained-layer asymmetric Fabry-Perot étalon

M. H. Maloney, J. F. Heffernan, J. Hegarty, J. Woodhead, and P. A. Claxton

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 1991

Baltimore, Maryland United States
12–17 May 1991
ISBN: 1-55752-189-1

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M. H. Maloney, J. F. Heffernan, J. Hegarty, J. Woodhead, and P. A. Claxton, "All-optical switching in a strained-layer asymmetric Fabry-Perot étalon," in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, J. Bufton, A. Glass, T. Hsu, and W. Krupke, eds., Vol. 10 of OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1991), paper CMF6.

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Abstract

Absorption-modulated asymmetric Fabry-Perot (AFP) étalons have been widely reported. Although most rely on electro-optic effects,^1,2 all-optical modulation with GaAs/AlGaAs qxiantum wells has also been observed.³ Here we report all optical switching in a normally off AFP with InGaAs/GaAs-strained quantum wells. The device exhibits a good contrast ratio and low insertion loss with the transparency of the GaAs at the operating wavelengths facilitating the integration of such devices with other optical components.

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