DocumentCode
839147
Title
A Distributed Bragg Reflector Silicon Evanescent Laser
Author
Fang, Alexander W. ; Koch, Brian R. ; Jones, Richard ; Lively, Erica ; Liang, Di ; Kuo, Ying-hao ; Bowers, John E.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Volume
20
Issue
20
fYear
2008
Firstpage
1667
Lastpage
1669
Abstract
We report a distributed Bragg reflector silicon evanescent laser operating continuous wave at 1596 nm. The lasing threshold and maximum output power are 65 mA and 11 mW, respectively. The device generates open eye-diagrams under direct modulation at data rates up to 4 Gb/s.
Keywords
distributed Bragg reflectors; integrated optics; semiconductor lasers; bit rate 4 Gbit/s; continuous wave laser; distributed Bragg reflector silicon evanescent laser; hybrid integration; open eye-diagram; power 11 mW; semiconductor lasers; silicon-on-insulator technology; wavelength 1596 nm; Hybrid integration; semiconductor lasers; silicon-on-insulator technology;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LPT.2008.2003382
Filename
4602714
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