Title :
Ultra-long cavity hybrid silicon mode-locked laser diode operating at 930 MHz
Author :
Heck, Martijn J R ; Davenport, Michael L. ; Park, Hyundai ; Blumenthal, Daniel J. ; Bowers, John E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
An integrated 9-cm cavity hybrid silicon laser that is fundamentally mode-locked at 930 MHz is presented. The laser outputs chirped 200-ps pulses at 1.1-ns repetition rate. Harmonic mode-locking up to the 8th harmonic is shown, with 35-ps pulses at the 3rd harmonic.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; optical harmonic generation; semiconductor lasers; frequency 930 MHz; harmonic mode-locking; hybrid silicon laser; mode locked laser diode; repetition rate; ultra long cavity hybrid silicon; Diode lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Silicon; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
