title: Polarization dependence of a GaAs-based two-photon absorption microcavity photodetector.
abstract: In this paper, the polarization response of a GaAs based two-photon absorption microcavity photodetector has been studied. The deviation in the dependence of the detector response from that of bulk GaAs is shown to be due to the birefringence of the cavity. A theoretical model based on the convolution of the cavity birefringence and the polarization dependence of two-photon absorption in GaAs is described and shown to match the measured polarization dependence of the microcavity detector very well.
authors.affiliation: Semiconductor Photonics Group, School of Physics, and Centre for Telecommunication Value-Chain Research, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland. jodowd@tcd.ie
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: O'Dowd
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Flood
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lynch
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Bradley
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Barry
authors.forename: J F
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authors.lastname: Donegan