Title :
Compact, low power consumption wavelength tunable laser with silicon photonic-wire waveguide micro-ring resonators
Author :
Chu, Tao ; Fujioka, Nobuhide ; Nakamura, Shigeru ; Tokushima, Masatoshi ; Ishizaka, Masashige
Author_Institution :
Nano Electron. Res. Labs., NEC Corp., Tsukuba, Japan
Abstract :
A silicon photonic-wire waveguide based wavelength tunable laser was firstly demonstrated; whose micro-ring resonator footprint was 700 times 450 mum. Its wavelength tuning range is 38 nm at a tuning power of 26-mW.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; laser tuning; micro-optomechanical devices; micromechanical resonators; optical fibre communication; ring lasers; semiconductor lasers; silicon; waveguide lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; Si; WDM system; low-power consumption laser; microring resonators; power 26 mW; silicon photonic-wire waveguide; wavelength tunable laser; Energy consumption; Laser tuning; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Power lasers; Semiconductor laser arrays; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Silicon; Tunable circuits and devices; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1
