Design and Experimental Evaluation of Active-Passive Integrated Microring Lasers: Noise Properties

Author

Kapsalis, Alexandros ; Stamataki, Ioanna ; Mesaritakis, Charis ; Syvridis, Dimitris ; Hamacher, Michael ; Heidrich, Helmut

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. & Telecommun., Univ. of Athens, Athens, Greece

Volume

48

Issue

2

fYear

2012

Firstpage

99

Lastpage

106

Abstract

The phase and intensity noise of microring lasers coupled with passive waveguides are examined through linewidth and relative intensity noise measurements. Laser linewidth down to 500 KHz was measured through the self-homodyne technique and a direct association is established between the linewidth and the two main structural parameters of a microring, the ring radius and coupling efficiency with the bus waveguide. Coupling efficiency is estimated through waveguiding analysis by means of 3-D finite difference in time domain techniques.

Keywords

finite difference time-domain analysis; laser noise; micro-optics; optical waveguides; phase noise; ring lasers; 3D finite difference time domain technique; active-passive integrated microring laser; intensity noise; noise properties; passive waveguide; phase noise; self homodyne technique; waveguiding analysis; Cavity resonators; Couplings; Laser modes; Laser noise; Optical waveguides; Reflectivity; Waveguide lasers; Active-passive integration; finite difference time domain; linewidth; microring lasers; phase noise; relative intensity noise; self-homodyne; wafer bonding;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JQE.2011.2171672

Filename

6043823