Title :
Vertical-coupled high-efficiency tunable III–V- CMOS SOI hybrid external-cavity laser
Author :
Shiyun Lin ; Djordjevic, Stevan S. ; Cunningham, John E. ; Shubin, Ivan ; Ying Luo ; Jin Yao ; Guoliang Li ; Thacker, Hiren ; Jin-Hyoung Lee ; Raj, Kannan ; Zheng, Xiaoquan ; Krishnamoorthy, Ashok V.
Author_Institution :
Oracle Labs. San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate an uncooled C-band, external-cavity, silicon-assisted hybrid laser and report a waveguide-coupled wall-plug-efficiency of 5.5% at room temperature, output power of 10 mW and tuning efficiency of 2.2 nm/mW using a ring-based tunable reflector.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; integrated optics; laser beams; laser mirrors; laser tuning; optical communication equipment; semiconductor lasers; silicon-on-insulator; surface emitting lasers; waveguide lasers; output power; power 10 mW; ring-based tunable reflector; room temperature; silicon-assisted hybrid laser; temperature 293 K to 298 K; tuning efficiency; uncooled C-band; vertical-coupled high-efficiency tunable III-V- CMOS SOI hybrid external-cavity laser; waveguide-coupled wall-plug-efficiency; Laser tuning; Optical waveguides; Ring lasers; Silicon; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Interconnects Conference, 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2467-7
DOI :
10.1109/OIC.2014.6886088
