A GaInAsP-InP double-ring resonator coupled laser

Author

Rabus, Dominik G. ; Bian, Zhixi ; Shakouri, Ali

Author_Institution

Baskin Sch. of Eng., Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA

Volume

17

Issue

9

fYear

2005

Firstpage

1770

Lastpage

1772

Abstract

A monolithic single-mode GaInAsP-InP double microring resonator coupled laser is demonstrated for the first time. The laser comprises two passive ring resonators, semiconductor optical amplifiers in the bus waveguides, and 3-dB codirectional couplers. The laser has an output power of 0.5 mW with a sidemode supression ratio of >35 dB. The tunability is demonstrated using integrated platinum resistors on top of the waveguides in the rings.

Keywords

laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; optical directional couplers; ring lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; waveguide lasers; 0.5 mW; GaInAsP-InP; GaInAsP-InP double-ring resonator coupled laser; bus waveguides; codirectional couplers; integrated platinum resistors; semiconductor optical amplifiers; sidemode suppression ratio; tunability; Couplers; Optical coupling; Optical resonators; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Ring lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Semiconductor waveguides; Waveguide lasers; Directional couplers; resonators; ring lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2005.853295

Filename

1498853