• DocumentCode
    733800
  • Title

    Monolithic integration of quantum cascade lasers and passive components

  • Author

    Montoya, Juan ; Wang, Christine ; Goyal, Anish ; Creedon, Kevin ; Connors, Michael ; Daulton, Jeffrey ; Donnelly, Joseph ; Missaggia, Leo ; Sanchez-Rubio, Antonio ; Herzog, William

  • Author_Institution
    MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present a method to integrate quantum cascade lasers with passive components using proton implantation. Proton implantation reduces the intersubband and free-carrier absorption optical loss. We have measured a loss α=0.33 cm-1 in proton implanted waveguides.
  • Keywords
    integrated optoelectronics; ion implantation; optical losses; quantum cascade lasers; waveguide lasers; free-carrier absorption optical loss; intersubband absorption optical loss; monolithic integration; passive components; proton implanted waveguides; quantum cascade lasers; Loss measurement; Optical device fabrication; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Photonic integrated circuits; Protons; Quantum cascade lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7184242