Wavelength-controlled external-cavity laser with a silicon photonic crystal resonant reflector
Abstract
We report the experimental demonstration of an alternative design of external-cavity hybrid lasers consisting of a III-V Semiconductor Optical Amplifier with fiber reflector and a Photonic Crystal (PhC) based resonant reflector on SOI. The Silicon reflector comprises a polymer (SU8) bus waveguide vertically coupled to a PhC cavity and provides a wavelength-selective optical feedback to the laser cavity. This device exhibits milliwatt-level output power and sidemode suppression ratio of more than 25 dB.
Citation
Gonzalez-Fernandez , A A , Liles , A A , Persheyev , S , Debnath , K & O'Faolain , L 2016 , Wavelength-controlled external-cavity laser with a silicon photonic crystal resonant reflector . in H Schröder & R T Chen (eds) , Optical Interconnects XVI . , 975317 , Proceedings of SPIE , vol. 9753 , SPIE , Optical Interconnects XVI , San Francisco , United States , 15/02/16 . https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2213288 conference
Publication
Optical Interconnects XVI
ISSN
0277-786XType
Conference item
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This work was partially funded by the EPSRC, Scottish Enterprise, and the European Research Council under the Starting Grant 337508.Collections
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