• DocumentCode
    2250097
  • Title

    A vertical SG-DBR based tunable hybrid silicon evanescent laser

  • Author

    Veerasubramanian, Venkat ; Beaudin, Guillaume ; Giguère, Alexandre ; LeDrogoff, Boris ; Aimez, Vincent ; Kirk, Andrew G.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We propose a tunable hybrid silicon evanescent laser with vertical sidewalled sampled grating distributed Bragg reflectors (SG-DBR) on SOI. The device utilizes a Vernier comb and the electrooptic effect in silicon for tuning within a 30 nm range.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; electro-optical devices; electro-optical effects; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; laser tuning; semiconductor lasers; silicon; SOI; Si; Si-SiO2; Vernier comb; electrooptic effect; laser tuning; silicon waveguide; vertical SG-DBR based tunable hybrid silicon evanescent laser; vertical sidewalled sampled grating distributed Bragg reflectors; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Gratings; Laser tuning; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951020