• DocumentCode
    3005446
  • Title

    A 4-Hz Fundamental Linewidth on-chip Microlaser

  • Author

    Yang, Lan ; Lu, Tao ; Carmon, Tal ; Min, Bumki ; Vahala, Kerry J.

  • Author_Institution
    Caltech, Pasadena
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A compact laser source on a silicon chip with Shawlow-Townes linewidth (i.e., fundamental, quantum limited) down to a few Hertz is demonstrated in this work. The fundamental linewidth is observed to decrease with inverse optical power.
  • Keywords
    semiconductor lasers; silicon; system-on-chip; Shawlow Townes linewidth; frequency 4 Hz; fundamental linewidth; inverse optical power; on chip microlaser; silicon chip; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical buffering; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Spectral analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452623
  • Filename
    4452623