Lithographic wavelength control of an external cavity laser with a silicon photonic crystal cavity-based resonant reflector

Alexandros A. Liles, Kapil Debnath, Liam O'Faolain

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Abstract

We report the experimental demonstration of a new design for external cavity hybrid lasers consisting of a III-V semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) with fiber reflector and a photonic crystal (PhC)-based resonant reflector on SOI. The silicon reflector is composed of an SU8 polymer 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 side-mode suppression ratios of more than 25 dB.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)894-897
Number of pages4
JournalOptics Letters
Volume41
Issue number5
Early online date18 Feb 2016
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2016

Keywords

  • Optoelectronics
  • Photonic crystals
  • Semiconductor lasers

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    O'Faolain, L. (PI)

    European Research Council

    1/12/1331/05/19

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