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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
