Vertical-Cavity Saturable Absorber Intensity Modulator

M. Guina; A. Harkonen; L. Orsila; A. Vainionpaa; J. Lyytikainen; O. Okhotnikov

Optical Fiber Communication Conference
Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2003),
paper MF65

Vertical-Cavity Saturable Absorber Intensity Modulator

M. Guina, A. Harkonen, L. Orsila, A. Vainionpaa, J. Lyytikainen, and O. Okhotnikov

Optical Fiber Communication Conference 2003

Atlanta, Georgia United States
ISBN: 1-55752-731-8

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M. Guina, A. Harkonen, L. Orsila, A. Vainionpaa, J. Lyytikainen, and O. Okhotnikov, "Vertical-Cavity Saturable Absorber Intensity Modulator," in Optical Fiber Communication Conference, Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2003), paper MF65.

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Abstract

We demonstrate a vertical-cavity intensity modulator exploiting optical pumping of a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror. The device reflection is modulated by means of a control beam generated by a laser integrated within the modulator structure.

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