Title :
A distributed Bragg reflector silicon evanescent laser
Author :
Fang, A.W. ; Kocha, Brian R. ; Jones, Roy ; Lively, Erica ; Liang, Di ; Kuo, Ying-hao ; Bowers, John E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of ECE, Univ. of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
Abstract :
We report a distributed Bragg reflector silicon evanescent laser operating continuous wave at 1596 nm. The lasing threshold and maximum output power are 65 mA and 11 mW, respectively and shows open eye-diagrams under direct modulation at 2.5 Gb/s.
Keywords :
distributed Bragg reflector lasers; elemental semiconductors; laser beams; optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; silicon; Si; bit rate 2.5 Gbit/s; continuous wave laser; current 65 mA; distributed Bragg reflector laser; eye-diagrams; laser modulation; lasing threshold; power 11 mW; silicon evanescent laser; wavelength 1596 nm; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Gratings; III-V semiconductor materials; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Optical waveguides; Power generation; Pump lasers; Silicon; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2008 5th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cardiff
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1769-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1768-1
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2008.4638096
