Title :
A comparison of widely tunable, narrow linewidth ring cavity lasers on silicon substrates
Author :
John E. Bowers;Tin Komljenovic;Sudharsanan Srinivasan;Jared Hulme;Michael Davenport
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, 93106, USA
Abstract :
We review performance of widely-tunable narrow-linewidth ring based lasers on silicon substrates. We outline two mechanisms that significantly reduce the linewidth of such lasers. The key performance enablers are low loss waveguides and high-Q rings on the hybrid silicon platform.
Keywords :
"Substrates","Optical feedback","Photonics"
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2015
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2015.7323512
