1.55-μm VCSEL with polarization-independent high-index-contrast subwavelength grating mirror on SOI

Author

Kawaguchi, Hitoshi

Author_Institution

Grad. Sch. of Mater. Sci., Nara Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Ikoma, Japan

fYear

2014

fDate

6-10 July 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

We proposed and fabricated a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) incorporating a polarization-independent high-index-contrast subwavelength grating (HCG) mirror on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) for a novel polarization-bistable device on a silicon substrate. The HCG-VCSEL will find a wide variety of applications for all-optical signal processing such as optical buffer memories and optical switches, as well as light sources for optical interconnection. In this paper, our recent results on a 1.55-μm VCSEL with polarization-independent HCG mirror on SOI are overviewed.

Keywords

diffraction gratings; integrated optics; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser stability; optical fabrication; silicon-on-insulator; surface emitting lasers; HCG; SOI; Si; VCSEL; all-optical signal processing; light sources; optical buffer memories; optical interconnection; optical switches; polarization-bistable device; polarization-independent high-index-contrast subwavelength grating mirror; silicon-on-insulator; vertical cavity surface emitting laser; wavelength 1.55 mum; Integrated optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical polarization; Optical reflection; Optical waveguides; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; high-index-contrast subwavelength grating (HCG); polarization independent HCG; polarization switching; silicon-on-insulator (SOI);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2014 16th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Graz

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876339

Filename

6876339