Title :
Fiber laser wavelength tuning on a silicon chip
Author :
Wang, Xuan ; Liu, Tao ; Almeida, Vilson R. ; Panepucci, Roberto R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Florida Int. Univ., Miami, FL
Abstract :
Tunable silicon microring filters are used to implement CMOS compatible tuning of fiber-lasers. A micro-heater is used to tune the Si microring filter, demonstrating tuning of 1.5 nm with linewidths narrower than 0.02 nm.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; elemental semiconductors; fibre lasers; laser tuning; micro-optics; optical filters; optical materials; silicon; CMOS compatibility; Si; fiber laser wavelength tuning; microheater; tunable silicon microring filters; wavelength 1.5 nm; Fiber lasers; Integrated optics; Laser tuning; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Optical tuning; Resonator filters; Silicon; (130.3120) Integrated optics devices; (140.3510) Lasers, fiber;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2606-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-865-0
