• DocumentCode
    1612132
  • Title

    Compact low-threshold hybrid silicon microring resonator lasers

  • Author

    Liang, Di ; Fiorentino, Marco ; Beausoleil, Raymond G. ; Bowers, John E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    131
  • Lastpage
    132
  • Abstract
    Low-threshold lasing is achieved on compact hybrid silicon microring resonator devices (radii: 7.5, 12.5, 25 ¿m) through both optical and electrical pumping. The limiting factor in scaling down for sub-mA operation is the thermal impedance.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; laser beams; microcavity lasers; optical bistability; optical pumping; ring lasers; semiconductor lasers; silicon; Si; bistability; electrical pumping; limiting factor; low-threshold hybrid silicon microring lasers; low-threshold lasing; microring resonator lasers; optical pumping; radius 7.5 mum to 25 mum; sub-mA operation; thermal impedance; Laser modes; Optical devices; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Optical ring resonators; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Ring lasers; Silicon; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Society Winter Topicals Meeting Series (WTM), 2010 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Majorca
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5240-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5241-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHOTWTM.2010.5421945
  • Filename
    5421945