Title :
Self-pulsing in on-chip Er-doped microcavity lasers
Author :
He, Lina ; Ozdemir, Sahin Kaya ; Zhu, Jiangang ; Yang, Lan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Syst. Eng., Washington Univ. in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
Abstract :
We characterize self-pulsing in erbium-doped microtoroidal lasers fabricated from solgel silica layer deposited on a silicon wafer. Effects of pump and taper-cavity coupling on peak power, period and width of laser pulses are investigated experimentally.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; erbium; microcavity lasers; silicon; Jk:Er; microtoroidal lasers; on-chip microcavity lasers; silicon wafer; solgel silica layer; taper-cavity coupling; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Microcavities; Optical coupling; Power lasers; Pulsed laser deposition; Pump lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
