Title :
Low phase noise hybrid silicon mode locked laser using on-chip coherent photon seeding
Author :
Srinivasan, Sudharsanan ; Norberg, Erik ; Komljenovic, Tin ; Davenport, Michael ; Fish, Gregory ; Bowers, John
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate 6dB improvement in phase noise of a mode-locked semiconductor laser using coherent photon seeding, achieving a record linewidth of 29kHz. The complete photonic-circuit including the feedback cavity is integrated on a single chip.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; laser noise; phase noise; semiconductor lasers; silicon; bandwidth 29 kHz; feedback cavity; low phase noise hybrid silicon mode locked laser; on-chip coherent photon seeding; photonic circuit; semiconductor laser; single chip integration; Cavity resonators; Optical amplifiers; Optical feedback; Optical filters; Optical imaging; Optical pulses; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
