Title :
A compact electrically-pumped hybrid silicon microring laser
Author :
Liang, Di ; Okumura, Tadashi ; Chang, Hsu-Hao ; Spencer, Daryl ; Kuo, Ying-hao ; Fang, Alexander W. ; Dai, Daoxin ; Fiorentino, Marco ; Beausoleil, Raymond G. ; Bowers, John E.
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, 93106, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate an electrically-pumped hybrid silicon evanescent microring laser fabricated by a self-aligned process. Low-threshold operation as small as 8.37 mA in continuous-wave (cw) mode is observed due to its compact structure (D=50 µm) and small electrical and optical losses.
Keywords :
High speed optical techniques; III-V semiconductor materials; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Optical feedback; Optical resonators; Optical ring resonators; Optical surface waves; Ring lasers; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP), 2009 Asia
Conference_Location :
Shanghai, China
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-877-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-877-3
