Recent Approaches for Broadening the Spectral Bandwidth in Resonant Cavity Optoelectronic Devices

Resonant cavity optoelectronic devices, such as vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs), resonant cavity enhanced photodetectors (RCEPDs), and electroabsorption modulators (EAMs), show improved performance over their predecessors by placing the active device structure inside a resonant cavi...

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Main Authors: Gun Wu Ju, Byung Hoon Na, Yong-Hwa Park, Young Min Song, Yong Tak Lee
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Advances in Condensed Matter Physics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/605170
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description Resonant cavity optoelectronic devices, such as vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs), resonant cavity enhanced photodetectors (RCEPDs), and electroabsorption modulators (EAMs), show improved performance over their predecessors by placing the active device structure inside a resonant cavity. The effect of the optical cavity, which allows wavelength selectivity and enhancement of the optical field due to resonance, allows the devices to be made thinner and therefore faster, while simultaneously increasing the quantum efficiency at the resonant wavelengths. However, the narrow spectral bandwidth significantly reduces operating tolerances, which leads to severe problems in applications such as optical communication, imaging, and biosensing. Recently, in order to overcome such drawbacks and/or to accomplish multiple functionalities, several approaches for broadening the spectral bandwidth in resonant cavity optoelectronic devices have been extensively studied. This paper reviews the recent progress in techniques for wide spectral bandwidth that include a coupled microcavity, asymmetric tandem quantum wells, and high index contrast distributed Bragg-reflectors. This review will describe design guidelines for specific devices together with experimental considerations in practical applications.
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spelling doaj-art-4aa00f0a23a54fb0822a47e296f396e62025-08-20T02:38:03ZengWileyAdvances in Condensed Matter Physics1687-81081687-81242015-01-01201510.1155/2015/605170605170Recent Approaches for Broadening the Spectral Bandwidth in Resonant Cavity Optoelectronic DevicesGun Wu Ju0Byung Hoon Na1Yong-Hwa Park2Young Min Song3Yong Tak Lee4School of Information and Communications, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 500-712, Republic of KoreaImaging Device Lab, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Suwon-si 443-803, Republic of KoreaImaging Device Lab, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Suwon-si 443-803, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Electronics Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Republic of KoreaSchool of Information and Communications, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 500-712, Republic of KoreaResonant cavity optoelectronic devices, such as vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs), resonant cavity enhanced photodetectors (RCEPDs), and electroabsorption modulators (EAMs), show improved performance over their predecessors by placing the active device structure inside a resonant cavity. The effect of the optical cavity, which allows wavelength selectivity and enhancement of the optical field due to resonance, allows the devices to be made thinner and therefore faster, while simultaneously increasing the quantum efficiency at the resonant wavelengths. However, the narrow spectral bandwidth significantly reduces operating tolerances, which leads to severe problems in applications such as optical communication, imaging, and biosensing. Recently, in order to overcome such drawbacks and/or to accomplish multiple functionalities, several approaches for broadening the spectral bandwidth in resonant cavity optoelectronic devices have been extensively studied. This paper reviews the recent progress in techniques for wide spectral bandwidth that include a coupled microcavity, asymmetric tandem quantum wells, and high index contrast distributed Bragg-reflectors. This review will describe design guidelines for specific devices together with experimental considerations in practical applications.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/605170
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