Title :
AlGaInAs/InP waveguide-coupled unidirectional-emission microspiral lasers for on-chip optical interconnects
Author :
Yuede Yang ; Yu Zhang ; Yongzhen Huang ; Poon, Andrew W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Hong Kong, China
Abstract :
We demonstrate AlGaInAs/InP waveguide-coupled unidirectional-emission microspiral lasers. Our experiments reveal room-temperature continuous-wave electrically injection lasing for 30μm-radius microspiral lasers, with a side-mode-suppression ratio exceeding 30 dB.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; laser modes; microcavity lasers; optical couplers; optical interconnections; waveguide lasers; AlGaInAs-InP; AlGaInAs-InP waveguide-coupled unidirectional-emission microspiral lasers; on-chip optical interconnects; radius 30 mum; room-temperature continuous-wave electrically injection lasing; side-mode-suppression ratio; temperature 293 K to 298 K; Cavity resonators; Laser modes; Microcavities; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor lasers; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
