Gain compression and thermal analysis of a sapphire-bonded photonic crystal microcavity laser under various duty cycles

Author

Lu, Ling ; Bagheri, Mahmood ; Mock, Adam ; Cao, JiangRong ; Choi, Sangjun ; Brien, John O. ; Dapkus, Daniel P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of EE Electro-Phys., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Gain compression factor and thermal properties of a sapphire-bonded microcavity laser are extracted by analyzing wavelength shifts under different duty cycles. High thermal resistance of 21 K/mW and gain compression factor of 1.0x10^-16 cm^-3 are obtained.

Keywords

microcavity lasers; optical materials; photonic crystals; thermal analysis; thermal resistance; thermo-optical effects; Al₂O₃; gain compression factor; photonic crystal; sapphire-bonded microcavity laser; thermal analysis; thermal resistance; wavelength shift; Bandwidth; Charge carrier density; Microcavities; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Photonic crystals; Semiconductor lasers; Temperature; Thermal factors; Thermal resistance; (140.5960) Semiconductor lasers; (250.5300) Photonic integrated circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225919