DocumentCode
1884730
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
fYear
2009
fDate
20-24 Sept. 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location
Vienna
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-5096-1
Type
conf
Filename
5287161
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