Title :
Tunable, narrow line-width silicon micro-ring laser source for coherent optical communications
Author :
Ying Qiu ; Xi Xiao ; Ming Luo ; Chao Li ; Qi Yang ; Shaohua Yu
Author_Institution :
Stale Key Lab. a/Opt. Commun. Technol. &Networks, Wuhan Res. Inst. of Posts Telecommun., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
We demonstrate a tunable laser source based on a silicon microring. 1.1 kHz line-width, >8 mW output power and wide tuning range are achieved. 4-QAM and 16-QAM coherent transmissions using this laser are also demonstrated.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; laser tuning; light coherence; micro-optics; optical communication equipment; optical modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; ring lasers; semiconductor lasers; silicon; 16-QAM coherent transmissions; 4-QAM coherent transmissions; Si; coherent optical communications; output power; tunable narrow line-width silicon microring laser source; High-speed optical techniques; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Silicon; Tuning;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
