Coupled-Ring-Resonator-Mirror-Based Heterogeneous III&#x2013;V Silicon Tunable Laser

S. Srinivasan; M. Davenport; T. Komljenovic; J. Hulme; D. T. Spencer; J. E. Bowers

doi:10.1109/JPHOT.2015.2428255

IEEE Photonics Journal (Jan 2015)

Coupled-Ring-Resonator-Mirror-Based Heterogeneous III–V Silicon Tunable Laser

S. Srinivasan,
M. Davenport,
T. Komljenovic,
J. Hulme,
D. T. Spencer,
J. E. Bowers

Affiliations

S. Srinivasan: Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
M. Davenport: Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
T. Komljenovic: Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
J. Hulme: Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
D. T. Spencer: Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
J. E. Bowers: Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2015.2428255
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 3
pp. 1 – 8

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We show theoretical and experimental results from a tunable laser, with its center wavelength in the C-band, designed using coupled-ring resonator mirrors. The effective cavity length enhancement and negative optical feedback obtained from the resonators helps to narrow the laser linewidth in a small form factor. We report a linewidth of 160 kHz and a side-mode suppression ratio of > 40 dB over the full tuning range.

Published in IEEE Photonics Journal

ISSN: 1943-0655 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics; Science: Physics: Optics. Light
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