Title :
Evanescent coupling of a center-cleaved mid-infrared quantum cascade laser to a suspended silicon-on-insulator waveguide
Author :
Sadeghi, A. ; Gmachl, Claire F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Two-dimensional finite-element analysis of the evanescent coupling of a center-cleaved quantum cascade laser to a suspended silicon waveguide in Silicon-on-insulator shows peak efficiency at a separation of 1.0 μm for a wavelength of 4 μm.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; finite element analysis; integrated optoelectronics; quantum cascade lasers; silicon; silicon-on-insulator; waveguide lasers; Si; center-cleaved mid-infrared quantum cascade laser; evanescent coupling; suspended silicon-on-insulator waveguide; two-dimensional finite-element analysis; wavelength 4 mum; Optical device fabrication; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Quantum cascade lasers; Silicon; Waveguide discontinuities; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2014 IEEE 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2282-6
DOI :
10.1109/Group4.2014.6962012
