Title :
Optically pumped Silicon laser based on evanescent coupling of Si micro-disk to III–V DBR stack
Author :
Sahni, Subal ; Yablonovitch, Eli ; Buell, David ; Coldren, Larry
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA
Abstract :
A Si laser with a Si micro-disk evanescently coupled to a III-V gain medium is proposed. The III-V also functions as a DBR at the gain wavelength to minimize the perturbation of the cavity mode.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; elemental semiconductors; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; microdisc lasers; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; silicon; III-V DBR stack; III-V gain medium; Si; cavity mode perturbation; evanescent coupling; microdisk laser; optically pumped silicon laser; Distributed Bragg reflectors; III-V semiconductor materials; Integrated optics; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical coupling; Optical pumping; Optical surface waves; Pump lasers; Silicon; (130.0130) Integrated optics; (140.5960) Semiconductor lasers; (250.5300) Photonic integrated circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627685
