A single-mode laser based on asymmetric Bragg reflection waveguides

doi:10.1364/OE.17.011179

A single-mode laser based on asymmetric Bragg reflection waveguides

Yu Li, Yanping Xi, Xun Li, and Wei-Ping Huang »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 17, Issue 13, pp. 11179-11186 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.011179

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Abstract

A single oscillation-mode laser employing the asymmetric waveguide structure is designed and analyzed. The mode selection mechanism is realized by using an asymmetric Bragg reflection waveguide (BRW) and shown to be effective to achieve high side-mode suppression ratio (SMSR). As an example, a silicon-based quasi-one-dimensional BRW with Er-doped Si-nanocrystal in the silicon oxide core is considered and illustrated for the laser structure. Guidance properties and threshold conditions are examined to verify the design procedure and performance feasibility for the single oscillation mode laser.

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(140.3570) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, single-mode

ToC Category:
Lasers and Laser Optics

History
Original Manuscript: April 15, 2009
Revised Manuscript: May 27, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: June 17, 2009
Published: June 19, 2009

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Yu Li, Yanping Xi, Xun Li, and Wei-Ping Huang, "A single-mode laser based on asymmetric Bragg reflection waveguides," Opt. Express 17, 11179-11186 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-13-11179

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Alabedra, R. M.
Chen, C.
Chiang, K. S.
Fan, S.
Fink, Y.
Fournier, P.
Franzò, G.
Han, H. S.
Helmy, A. S.
Iacona, F.
Joannopoulos, J. D.
Koch, T. L.
Koren, U.
Li, J.
Michel, J.
Negro, L. D.
Orsal, B. P.
Pacifici, D.
Peransin, J. M.
Priolo, F.
Seo, S. Y.
Shin, J. H.
Thomas, E. L.
West, B. R.
Winn, J. N.

Appl. Phys. Lett.

H. S. Han, S. Y. Seo, and J. H. Shin, "Optical gain at 1.54 µm in erbium-doped silicon nanocluster sensitized waveguide," Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 4568-4570 (2001). [CrossRef]

J. Lightwave Technol.

T. L. Koch and U. Koren, "Semiconductor Lasers for coherent optical fiber communications," J. Lightwave Technol. 8, 274-293 (1990). [CrossRef]

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B

B. R. West and A. S. Helmy, "Properties of the quarter-wave Bragg reflection waveguide: theory," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 23, 1207-1220 (2006). [CrossRef]

Opt. Comm.

J. Li and K. S. Chiang, "Guided modes of one-dimensional photonic bandgap waveguides," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 24, 1942-1950 (2007); "Light guidance in a photonic bandgap slab waveguide consisting of two different Bragg reflectors," Opt. Comm. 281, 5797-5803 (2008). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. B

D. Pacifici, G. Franzò, F. Priolo, F. Iacona, and L. D. Negro, "Modeling and perspectives of the Si nanocrystals-Er interaction for optical amplification," Phys. Rev. B 67, 245301-245314 (2003) [CrossRef]

Proc. SPIE

P. Fournier, B. P. Orsal, J. M. Peransin, and R. M. Alabedra, "Spontaneous emission factor and gain evaluation of an optical amplifier by using noise measurements with no input signal," Proc. SPIE 2449, 257-263 (1995). [CrossRef]

Science

Y. Fink, J. N. Winn, S. Fan, C. Chen, J. Michel, J. D. Joannopoulos, and E. L. Thomas, "A dielectric omnidirectional reflectior," Science 282, 1679-1682 (1999). [CrossRef]

Other

S. L. Chuang, Physics of optoelectronic devices (John Wiley& Sons, 1995), Chap, 9.
L. Pavesi and D. J. Lockwood, Silicon Photonics (Springer, 2004).
G. P. Agrawal, Semiconductor lasers (Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1993), Chap. 3-6,8.
P. Yeh, Optical Waves in Layered Media (John Wiley & Sons, 2005), Chap. 6.

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