• DocumentCode
    3688079
  • Title

    A comparison of widely tunable, narrow linewidth ring cavity lasers on silicon substrates

  • Author

    John E. Bowers;Tin Komljenovic;Sudharsanan Srinivasan;Jared Hulme;Michael Davenport

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, 93106, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    533
  • Lastpage
    534
  • Abstract
    We review performance of widely-tunable narrow-linewidth ring based lasers on silicon substrates. We outline two mechanisms that significantly reduce the linewidth of such lasers. The key performance enablers are low loss waveguides and high-Q rings on the hybrid silicon platform.
  • Keywords
    "Substrates","Optical feedback","Photonics"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2015
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2015.7323512
  • Filename
    7323512