Title :
Wavelength locking of microring resonators and modulators using a dithering signal
Author :
Padmaraju, Kishore ; Logan, Dylan F. ; Ackert, Jason J. ; Knights, Andrew P. ; Bergman, Keren
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
We present a scalable, energy-efficient method to automatically align microring resonators and modulators with laser wavelengths, as well as provide thermal stabilization. The method utilizes a dithering signal to generate error signals that are immune to fluctuations in laser power.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; micro-optomechanical devices; micromechanical resonators; optical modulation; thermal stability; automatically aligned microring modulators; automatically aligned microring resonators; dithering signal; error signal generation; laser power fluctuations; laser wavelengths; thermal stabilization; wavelength locking;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC 2013), 39th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
London
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-84919-759-5
DOI :
10.1049/cp.2013.1571
