III-V-on-Si Photonic Crystal Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser Arrays for Wavelength Division Multiplexing

Author

Sciancalepore, Corrado ; Bakir, Badhise Ben ; Menezo, Sylvie ; Letartre, Xavier ; Bordel, D. ; Viktorovitch, P.

Author_Institution

Institut des Nanotechnologies, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Ecully, France

Volume

25

Issue

12

fYear

2013

fDate

15-Jun-13

Firstpage

1111

Lastpage

1113

Abstract

Double photonic crystal mirror vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (PCM-VCSEL) arrays for the heterogeneous integration on a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor are presented. The trimming of one-dimensional photonic crystal mirrors spectral and modal features allows a fine tailoring of the lightwave which results in compact VCSEL arrays exhibiting a fully controllable dense wavelength distribution. Optically pumped double PCM-VCSELs emit 1.55- $\\mu{\\rm m}$ single-mode beams within the C-band with sub-milliwatt thresholds and spectral purity, making these devices highly suitable for telecommunication-oriented applications. The intrinsic capability exhibited by PCM-VCSEL arrays for a selective addressing of dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) channels suggests a strong perspective potential for several applications such as high-capacity ultra-wideband optical interconnects, passive optical networks, free-space data transmission and sensing.

Keywords

Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS); dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM); photonic crystal mirrors (PCMs); vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2013.2260140

Filename

6508822