Title :
Silicon evanescent optical frequency comb generator
Author :
Koch, Brian R. ; Fang, A.W. ; Jones, Roy ; Cohen, Oren ; Paniccia, Mario J ; Blumenthal, D.J. ; Bowers, John E.
Author_Institution :
ECE Dept., Univ. of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
Abstract :
A mode-locked silicon evanescent laser is used to generate over 100 wavelengths evenly spaced by 10 GHz. Optical injection locking reduces the linewidths of the remaining 30 modes to less than 100 kHz.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; laser mode locking; optical harmonic generation; silicon; evanescent optical frequency comb generator; frequency 10 GHz; frequency 100 kHz; mode-locked evanescent laser; optical injection locking; Bandwidth; Frequency; Integrated optics; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Optical noise; Optical surface waves; Signal to noise ratio; Silicon; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2008 5th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cardiff
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1769-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1768-1
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2008.4638098
