A high spectral sensitivity interferometer based on the dispersive property of the semiconductor GaAs

doi:10.1364/OE.17.022254

A high spectral sensitivity interferometer based on the dispersive property of the semiconductor GaAs

YuanXue Cai, YunDong Zhang, ChaoBo Yang, BoShi Dang, Jinfang Wang, and Ping Yuan »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 17, Issue 24, pp. 22254-22259 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.022254

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We develop an interferometer which has high spectral sensitivity based on the dispersive property of the semiconductor GaAs in the near-infrared region. Our experiment demonstrates that the spectral sensitivity could be greatly enhanced by adding a slow light medium into the interferometer and is proportional to the group index of the material. Subsequently the factors which influence the spectral sensitivity of the interferometer are analyzed. Moreover, we provide potential applications of such interferometers using the dispersive property of semiconductor in whole infrared region.

OCIS Codes
(300.6340) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, infrared
(300.6420) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, nonlinear
(300.6470) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, semiconductors

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History
Original Manuscript: September 17, 2009
Revised Manuscript: November 1, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: November 10, 2009
Published: November 20, 2009

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YuanXue Cai, YunDong Zhang, ChaoBo Yang, BoShi Dang, Jinfang Wang, and Ping Yuan, "A high spectral sensitivity interferometer based on the dispersive property of the semiconductor GaAs," Opt. Express 17, 22254-22259 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-24-22254

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Z. M. Shi, R. W. Boyd, D. J. Gauthier, and C. C. Dudley, “Enhancing the spectral sensitivity of interferometers using slow-light media,” Opt. Lett. 32(8), 915–917 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
M. Chamanzar, B. Momeni, and A. Adibi, “Compact on-chip interferometers with high spectral sensitivity,” Opt. Lett. 34(2), 220–222 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
D. D. Smith, K. Myneni, J. A. Odutola, and J. C. Diels, “Enhanced sensitivity of a passive optical cavity by an intracavity dispersive medium,” Phys. Rev. A 80(1), 011809 (2009). [CrossRef]
L. V. Hau, S. E. Harris, Z. Dutton, and C. H. Behroozi, “Light speed reduction to 17 metres per second in an ultracold atomic gas,” Nature 397(6720), 594–598 (1999). [CrossRef]
M. S. Bigelow, N. N. Lepeshkin, and R. W. Boyd, “Observation of Ultraslow Light Propagation in a Ruby Crystal at Room Temperature,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 90(11), 113903 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
D. F. Phillips, A. Fleischhauer, A. Mair, and R. L. Walsworth, “Storage of Light in Atomic Vapor,” Phys. Rev. A 86, 783–786 (2001).
R. Jacobsen, A. Lavrinenko, L. Frandsen, C. Peucheret, B. Zsigri, G. Moulin, J. Fage-Pedersen, and P. Borel, “Direct experimental and numerical determination of extremely high group indices in photonic crystal waveguides,” Opt. Express 13(20), 7861–7871 (2005), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-13-20-7861 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
Z. M. Shi, R. W. Boyd, R. M. Camacho, P. K. Vudyasetu, and J. C. Howell, “Slow-light fourier transform interferometer,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 99(24), 240801 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
G. T. Purves, C. S. Adams, and I. G. Hughes, “Sagnac Interferometry in a slow-light medium,” Phys. Rev. A 74(2), 023805 (2006). [CrossRef]
B. Jensen and A. Torabi, “Refractive index of hexagonal II–VI compounds CdSe, CdS, and CdSexS1−x,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 3(6), 857–863 (1986). [CrossRef]
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B. Jensen, and A. Torabi, “Dispersion of the Refractive Index of GaAs and AlxGa1-xAs”, IEEE JQE 19 (5), 877–882 (1983)
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W. Demtröder, Laser Spectroscopy:Basic Concepts and Instrumentation(Springer-Verlag,1982)
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M. D. Sturge, “Optical Absorption of Gallium Arsenide between 0.6 and 2.75 eV,” Phys. Rev. 127(3), 768–773 (1962). [CrossRef]

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[1] Z. M. Shi, R. W. Boyd, D. J. Gauthier, and C. C. Dudley, “Enhancing the spectral sensitivity of interferometers using slow-light media,” Opt. Lett. 32(8), 915–917 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[2] M. Chamanzar, B. Momeni, and A. Adibi, “Compact on-chip interferometers with high spectral sensitivity,” Opt. Lett. 34(2), 220–222 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[3] D. D. Smith, K. Myneni, J. A. Odutola, and J. C. Diels, “Enhanced sensitivity of a passive optical cavity by an intracavity dispersive medium,” Phys. Rev. A 80(1), 011809 (2009). [CrossRef]

[4] L. V. Hau, S. E. Harris, Z. Dutton, and C. H. Behroozi, “Light speed reduction to 17 metres per second in an ultracold atomic gas,” Nature 397(6720), 594–598 (1999). [CrossRef]

[5] M. S. Bigelow, N. N. Lepeshkin, and R. W. Boyd, “Observation of Ultraslow Light Propagation in a Ruby Crystal at Room Temperature,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 90(11), 113903 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[6] D. F. Phillips, A. Fleischhauer, A. Mair, and R. L. Walsworth, “Storage of Light in Atomic Vapor,” Phys. Rev. A 86, 783–786 (2001).

[7] R. Jacobsen, A. Lavrinenko, L. Frandsen, C. Peucheret, B. Zsigri, G. Moulin, J. Fage-Pedersen, and P. Borel, “Direct experimental and numerical determination of extremely high group indices in photonic crystal waveguides,” Opt. Express 13(20), 7861–7871 (2005), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-13-20-7861 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[8] Z. M. Shi, R. W. Boyd, R. M. Camacho, P. K. Vudyasetu, and J. C. Howell, “Slow-light fourier transform interferometer,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 99(24), 240801 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[9] G. T. Purves, C. S. Adams, and I. G. Hughes, “Sagnac Interferometry in a slow-light medium,” Phys. Rev. A 74(2), 023805 (2006). [CrossRef]

[10] B. Jensen and A. Torabi, “Refractive index of hexagonal II–VI compounds CdSe, CdS, and CdSexS1−x,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 3(6), 857–863 (1986). [CrossRef]

[11] P. Hariharan, Optical Interferometry Second Edition.(Elsevier Science Inc., 2003)

[12] S. Kayali, G. Ponchak, and R. Shaw, GaAs MMIC Reliability Assurance Guideline, (JPL Publication 96–25), http://parts.jpl.nasa.gov/mmic/contents.htm

[13] B. Jensen, and A. Torabi, “Dispersion of the Refractive Index of GaAs and AlxGa1-xAs”, IEEE JQE 19 (5), 877–882 (1983)

[14] R. W. Boyd, Nonlinear optics Second Edition. (Elsevier Science Inc., 2003)

[15] W. Demtröder, Laser Spectroscopy:Basic Concepts and Instrumentation(Springer-Verlag,1982)

[16] K. D. Möller, Optics: learning by Computing, with Moder Examples Using MathCad, MATLAB, Mathcematica, and Maple, Second Edition (Springer Science-Business Media, LLC, 2007)

[17] T. Skauli, P. S. Kuo, K. L. Vodopyanov, T. J. Pinguet, O. Levi, L. A. Eyres, J. S. Harris, M. M. Fejer, B. Gerard, L. Becouarn, and E. Lallier, “Improved dispersion relations for GaAs and applications to nonlinear optics,” J. Appl. Phys. 94(10), 6447–6455 (2003). [CrossRef]

[18] Y. H. Lee, A. Chavez-Pirson, S. W. Koch, H. M. Gibbs, S. H. Park, J. Morhange, A. Jeffery, N. Peyghambarian, L. Banyai, A. C. Gossard, and W. Wiegmann, “Room-temperature optical nonlinearities in GaAs,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 57(19), 2446–2449 (1986). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[19] M. D. Sturge, “Optical Absorption of Gallium Arsenide between 0.6 and 2.75 eV,” Phys. Rev. 127(3), 768–773 (1962). [CrossRef]

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