DocumentCode
3701026
Title
16-Channel digitally wavelength-tunable hybrid III-V/silicon laser
Author
G. de Valicourt;P. Dong;K. W. Kim;C-M. Chang;J. H. Sinsky;L.L. Buhl;Y. K. Chen
Author_Institution
Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, 791 Holmdel Road, Holmdel, New Jersey 07733, USA
fYear
2015
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
A novel 16-channel digitally wavelength-tunable laser is proposed and experimentally demonstrated using a semiconductor optical amplifier and silicon photonic integrated circuit. The device exhibits a laser threshold below 45 mA, SMSR around 20-25 dB and nanosecond switching time.
Keywords
"Optical switches","Cavity resonators","Silicon","Arrayed waveguide gratings","Semiconductor optical amplifiers","Wavelength division multiplexing"
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2015 European Conference on
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ECOC.2015.7341720
Filename
7341720
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