Title :
High-efficiency hybrid III–V/Si external cavity DBR laser for 3-µm SOI waveguides
Author :
Zilkie, A.J. ; Bijlani, B.J. ; Seddighian, P. ; Lee, D.C. ; Qian, W. ; Fong, J. ; Shafiiha, R. ; Feng, D. ; Luff, B.J. ; Zheng, X. ; Cunningham, J.E. ; Krishnamoorthy, A.V. ; Asghari, M.
Author_Institution :
Kotura Inc., Monterey Park, CA, USA
Abstract :
We report a 9.5% wall-plug-efficient un-cooled external-cavity DBR laser built with a III-V-semiconductor reflective-SOA edge-coupled to an SOI waveguide containing a Bragg grating mirror. The hybrid laser is suitable for power efficient, CMOS-compatible optical transmitters.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; III-V semiconductors; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; integrated optoelectronics; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; reflectivity; semiconductor optical amplifiers; silicon-on-insulator; waveguide lasers; Bragg grating mirror; SOI waveguides; Si; edge coupled III-V-semiconductor reflective-SOA; high-efficiency hybrid III-V-Si external cavity DBR laser; power efficient CMOS-compatible optical transmitters; size 3 mum; wall-plug-efficient uncooled external-cavity DBR laser; Cavity resonators; Gratings; Optical waveguides; Power lasers; Silicon; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2012 IEEE 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0826-8
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2012.6324172
