• DocumentCode
    1658653
  • Title

    A 40 GHz Mode Locked Silicon Evanescent Laser

  • Author

    Koch, Brian R. ; Fang, Alexander W. ; Chang, Hsu-Hao ; Park, Hyundai ; Kuo, Ying-hao ; Jones, Richard ; Cohen, Oded ; Raday, Omri ; Paniccia, Mario J. ; Bowers, John E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of ECE, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a mode locked silicon evanescent laser (ML-SEL) which generates a 39.2 GHz pulse stream without requiring any RF drive signal. This passively mode locked laser outputs 3.7 ps pulses which are nearly transform limited and have 18 dB extinction ratio.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; semiconductor lasers; silicon; Si; extinction ratio; frequency 39.2 GHz; mode locked laser; passive mode locking; pulse stream generation; silicon evanescent laser; time 3.7 ps; transform limited pulses; III-V semiconductor materials; Laser mode locking; Optical films; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Signal generators; Silicon; Waveguide lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Group IV Photonics, 2007 4th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Tokyo
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0934-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/GROUP4.2007.4347655
  • Filename
    4347655
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1658653