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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTWTM.2010.5421945
