Multiple wavelength generation from a mode locked silicon evanescent laser

Author

Koch, B.R. ; Fang, A.W. ; Cohen, O. ; Paniccia, M. ; Blumenthal, D.J. ; Bowers, J.E.

Author_Institution

Univ. of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA

fYear

2008

fDate

14-18 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

175

Lastpage

176

Abstract

In this paper, an improved performance of mode locked lasers using silicon evanescent laser approach is shown. Its potential application as multiple wavelength WDM (wavelength division multiplexing) sources is presented. Results from a hybrid silicon evanescent mode locked laser (ML-SEL) that creates a comb of over 100 optical modes within 10-dB of the peak mode output power are also presented. The linewidth and OSNR of several longitudinal modes across the spectrum of this comb are examined as well as the results from CW laser seed light injection into the ML-SEL in stabilizing the modes.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; laser mode locking; laser modes; semiconductor lasers; silicon; wavelength division multiplexing; CMOS electronics; CW laser seed light injection; Si; mode locked silicon evanescent laser; multiple wavelength generation; optical modes; peak mode output power; silicon photonics applications; wavelength division multiplexing sources; Laser mode locking; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical surface waves; Probes; Signal resolution; Signal to noise ratio; Silicon;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Semiconductor Laser Conference, 2008. ISLC 2008. IEEE 21st International

Conference_Location

Sorrento

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1782-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1783-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISLC.2008.4636066

Filename

4636066