DocumentCode
160945
Title
Ultralow operating energy of directly modulated DFB laser on SiO2 /Si substrate
Author
Matsuo, Shoichiro ; Fujii, Teruya ; Hasebe, Koichi ; Takeda, Kenji ; Sato, Takao ; Kakitsuka, Takaaki
Author_Institution
NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
fYear
2014
fDate
21-25 Sept. 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We successfully reduce the operating energy of a DFB laser for use in datacom applications. Since the optical confinement factor is increased by integrating the device on SiO2/Si substrate, the device exhibits 171-fJ/bit energy cost when modulating 25.8-Gbit/s NRZ signal.
Keywords
distributed feedback lasers; optical communication equipment; optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; NRZ signal; Si; SiO2-Si; SiO2/Si substrate; bit rate 25.8 Gbit/s; datacom applications; directly modulated DFB laser; optical confinement factor; ultralow operating energy; Indium phosphide; Modulation; Silicon; Substrates; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location
Cannes
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6963830
Filename
6963830
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