Title :
A Distributed Bragg Reflector Silicon Evanescent Laser
Author :
Fang, Alexander W. ; Koch, Brian R. ; Jones, Richard ; Lively, Erica ; Liang, Di ; Kuo, Ying-hao ; Bowers, John E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Abstract :
We report a distributed Bragg reflector silicon evanescent laser operating continuous wave at 1596 nm. The lasing threshold and maximum output power are 65 mA and 11 mW, respectively. The device generates open eye-diagrams under direct modulation at data rates up to 4 Gb/s.
Keywords :
distributed Bragg reflectors; integrated optics; semiconductor lasers; bit rate 4 Gbit/s; continuous wave laser; distributed Bragg reflector silicon evanescent laser; hybrid integration; open eye-diagram; power 11 mW; semiconductor lasers; silicon-on-insulator technology; wavelength 1596 nm; Hybrid integration; semiconductor lasers; silicon-on-insulator technology;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2008.2003382
