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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2008
Filed:
May. 26, 2006
Garrett D. Cole, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
E. Staffan Björlin, Studio City, CA (US);
Qi Chen, Goleta, CA (US);
Noel C. Macdonald, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
John E. Bowers, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Garrett D. Cole, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
E. Staffan Björlin, Studio City, CA (US);
Qi Chen, Goleta, CA (US);
Noel C. MacDonald, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
John E. Bowers, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
A MEMS-tunable semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA). A device in accordance with the present invention comprises a substrate, a first mirror, coupled to the substrate, a second mirror, an active region, coupled between the first and second mirror, and a microelectromechanical actuator, coupled to the second mirror, wherein a voltage is applied to the microelectromechanical actuator to tune the SOA.