DE69320022T2 - Integriertes abstimmbares optisches filter - Google Patents

Integriertes abstimmbares optisches filter

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DE69320022T2
DE69320022T2 DE69320022T DE69320022T DE69320022T2 DE 69320022 T2 DE69320022 T2 DE 69320022T2 DE 69320022 T DE69320022 T DE 69320022T DE 69320022 T DE69320022 T DE 69320022T DE 69320022 T2 DE69320022 T2 DE 69320022T2
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filter
wavelength
reflection
optical filter
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Jan Willems
Roel Baets
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Interuniversitair Microelektronica Centrum vzw IMEC
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    • GPHYSICS
    • G02OPTICS
    • G02FOPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/29Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection
    • G02F1/31Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching
    • G02F1/313Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching in an optical waveguide structure
    • G02F1/3132Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching in an optical waveguide structure of directional coupler type
    • G02F1/3133Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching in an optical waveguide structure of directional coupler type the optical waveguides being made of semiconducting materials
    • GPHYSICS
    • G02OPTICS
    • G02FOPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F2201/00Constructional arrangements not provided for in groups G02F1/00 - G02F7/00
    • G02F2201/30Constructional arrangements not provided for in groups G02F1/00 - G02F7/00 grating
    • G02F2201/307Reflective grating, i.e. Bragg grating
    • GPHYSICS
    • G02OPTICS
    • G02FOPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F2203/00Function characteristic
    • G02F2203/05Function characteristic wavelength dependent
    • G02F2203/055Function characteristic wavelength dependent wavelength filtering
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01SDEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S5/00Semiconductor lasers
    • H01S5/10Construction or shape of the optical resonator, e.g. extended or external cavity, coupled cavities, bent-guide, varying width, thickness or composition of the active region
    • H01S5/1028Coupling to elements in the cavity, e.g. coupling to waveguides adjacent the active region, e.g. forward coupled [DFC] structures
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01SDEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S5/00Semiconductor lasers
    • H01S5/10Construction or shape of the optical resonator, e.g. extended or external cavity, coupled cavities, bent-guide, varying width, thickness or composition of the active region
    • H01S5/1028Coupling to elements in the cavity, e.g. coupling to waveguides adjacent the active region, e.g. forward coupled [DFC] structures
    • H01S5/1032Coupling to elements comprising an optical axis that is not aligned with the optical axis of the active region
    • H01S5/1035Forward coupled structures [DFC]
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01SDEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S5/00Semiconductor lasers
    • H01S5/10Construction or shape of the optical resonator, e.g. extended or external cavity, coupled cavities, bent-guide, varying width, thickness or composition of the active region
    • H01S5/12Construction or shape of the optical resonator, e.g. extended or external cavity, coupled cavities, bent-guide, varying width, thickness or composition of the active region the resonator having a periodic structure, e.g. in distributed feedback [DFB] lasers
    • H01S5/1206Construction or shape of the optical resonator, e.g. extended or external cavity, coupled cavities, bent-guide, varying width, thickness or composition of the active region the resonator having a periodic structure, e.g. in distributed feedback [DFB] lasers having a non constant or multiplicity of periods
    • H01S5/1209Sampled grating

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Nonlinear Science (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Optical Integrated Circuits (AREA)
  • Semiconductor Lasers (AREA)
  • Lasers (AREA)
DE69320022T 1992-09-24 1993-09-17 Integriertes abstimmbares optisches filter Expired - Fee Related DE69320022T2 (de)

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BE9200838A BE1006207A3 (nl) 1992-09-24 1992-09-24 Geintegreerd afstembaar optisch filter.
PCT/BE1993/000061 WO1994007178A1 (en) 1992-09-24 1993-09-17 Integrated tunable optical filter

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DE69320022D1 DE69320022D1 (de) 1998-09-03
DE69320022T2 true DE69320022T2 (de) 1999-03-25

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US (1) USRE36710E (de)
EP (1) EP0613571B1 (de)
JP (1) JP3185930B2 (de)
AT (1) ATE169127T1 (de)
BE (1) BE1006207A3 (de)
DE (1) DE69320022T2 (de)
WO (1) WO1994007178A1 (de)

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US7023886B2 (en) 2001-11-08 2006-04-04 Intel Corporation Wavelength tunable optical components
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EP0613571A1 (de) 1994-09-07
ATE169127T1 (de) 1998-08-15
JPH07501628A (ja) 1995-02-16
USRE36710E (en) 2000-05-23
BE1006207A3 (nl) 1994-06-07
JP3185930B2 (ja) 2001-07-11
EP0613571B1 (de) 1998-07-29
WO1994007178A1 (en) 1994-03-31
DE69320022D1 (de) 1998-09-03

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