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Applied Physics Letters / Volume 57 / Issue 18

Appl. Phys. Lett. 57, 1849 (1990); doi:10.1063/1.104036 (3 pages)

External‐beam switching in monolithic bistable GaAs quantum well étalons

B. G. Sfez, J. L. Oudar, J. C. Michel, R. Kuszelewicz, and R. Azoulay

Centre National d’Etudes des Télécommunications, 196 Avenue Henri Ravera, 92 220 Bagneux, France

(Received 24 March 1990; accepted 13 August 1990)

Monolithic bistable étalons with a GaAs/Al0.3Ga0.7As multiple quantum well active layer and AlAs/Al0.1Ga0.9As Bragg reflectors have been fabricated by metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy. They exhibit a very good memory effect. Experiments with an additional external beam at the same and at a different wavelength have been performed. They demonstrated thresholding, pulse shaping, amplification, and wavelength conversion. Moreover, the use of a diode laser external beam showed the possibility of controlling an intense beam with a weaker beam. We describe an experimental configuration in the reflection mode and at normal incidence, which allows mixing the two input beams and extracting the output beam with an ideal 100% efficiency.

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KEYWORDS and PACS

Keywords

SWITCHING, FABRICATION, OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, EFFICIENCY, LASER DIODES, VPE, GALLIUM ARSENIDES, ALUMINIUM ARSENIDES, QUANTUM WELL STRUCTURES, SIGNAL PROCESSING, OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES, LASER CAVITIES, LOGIC CIRCUITS, OPERATION, OPTICAL MIXING

PACS

  • 42.79.Sz

    Optical communication systems, multiplexers, and demultiplexers

  • 42.65.Pc

    Optical bistability, multistability, and switching, including local field effects

  • 78.66.Fd

    III-V semiconductors

  • 78.66.Hf

    II-VI semiconductors

  • 85.60.-q

    Optoelectronic devices

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0003-6951 (print)  
1077-3118 (online)

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