Title :
A vertical SG-DBR based tunable hybrid silicon evanescent laser
Author :
Veerasubramanian, Venkat ; Beaudin, Guillaume ; Giguère, Alexandre ; LeDrogoff, Boris ; Aimez, Vincent ; Kirk, Andrew G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We propose a tunable hybrid silicon evanescent laser with vertical sidewalled sampled grating distributed Bragg reflectors (SG-DBR) on SOI. The device utilizes a Vernier comb and the electrooptic effect in silicon for tuning within a 30 nm range.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; electro-optical devices; electro-optical effects; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; laser tuning; semiconductor lasers; silicon; SOI; Si; Si-SiO2; Vernier comb; electrooptic effect; laser tuning; silicon waveguide; vertical SG-DBR based tunable hybrid silicon evanescent laser; vertical sidewalled sampled grating distributed Bragg reflectors; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Gratings; Laser tuning; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
