Title :
First silicon-organic hybrid laser at telecommunication wavelengths
Author :
Korn, Dietmar ; Lauermann, Matthias ; Appel, Patrick ; Alloatti, Luca ; Palmer, Robert ; Freude, Wolfgang ; Leuthold, Juerg ; Koos, Christian
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonics & Quantum Electron. (IPQ), Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol. (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
Abstract :
Lasing in a silicon-organic hybrid (SOH) waveguide is demonstrated for the first time. The device combines nanophotonic silicon-on-insulator (SOI) waveguides with active organic cladding materials, thereby enabling silicon-based optical sources at infrared telecommunication wavelengths.
Keywords :
claddings; dye lasers; infrared sources; integrated optoelectronics; nanophotonics; silicon-on-insulator; waveguide lasers; SOH waveguide; SOI waveguides; Si; active organic cladding materials; infrared telecommunication wavelengths; nanophotonic silicon-on-insulator waveguides; silicon-based optical sources; silicon-organic hybrid waveguide laser; Laser excitation; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Silicon; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
