Single mode lasers based on slots suitable for photonic integration

doi:10.1364/OE.19.00B140

Single mode lasers based on slots suitable for photonic integration

Qiaoyin Lu, Weihua Guo, Marta Nawrocka, Azat Abdullaev, Chris Daunt, James O’Callaghan, Michael Lynch, Vincent Weldon, Frank Peters, and John F. Donegan »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 19, Issue 26, pp. B140-B145 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.00B140

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The re-growth free single mode lasers based on etched slots suitable for photonic integration are presented in this paper. The fabricated 650μm long laser exhibits a threshold current and a slope efficiency of about 32mA and 0.12mW/mA, respectively. The stable single mode operation has been observed with a side mode suppression ratio (SMSR) over 50dB at a current injection of 100mA for the fabricated laser. Such a laser integrated with electroabsorption (EA) modulator is also demonstrated. The integrated device has an extinction ratio over 10 dB at 2.2V driving voltage with the lasing wavelength of around 20nm positive detuning relative to the gain peak. The bandwidth measured is about 3GHz for the integrated device.

OCIS Codes
(250.0250) Optoelectronics : Optoelectronics
(250.3140) Optoelectronics : Integrated optoelectronic circuits
(250.5960) Optoelectronics : Semiconductor lasers
(250.5590) Optoelectronics : Quantum-well, -wire and -dot devices

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Waveguide and Opto-Electronic Devices

History
Original Manuscript: October 3, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: October 12, 2011
Published: November 17, 2011

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European Conference on Optical Communication 2011 (2011) Optics Express

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Qiaoyin Lu, Weihua Guo, Marta Nawrocka, Azat Abdullaev, Chris Daunt, James O’Callaghan, Michael Lynch, Vincent Weldon, Frank Peters, and John F. Donegan, "Single mode lasers based on slots suitable for photonic integration," Opt. Express 19, B140-B145 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-19-26-B140

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Appl. Phys. Lett.

S. O’Brien and E. P. O’Reilly, “Theory of improved spectral purity in index patterned Fabry-Perot lasers,” Appl. Phys. Lett.86(20), 201101 (2005). [CrossRef]

Electron. Lett.

B. Kelly, R. Phelan, D. Jones, C. Herbert, J. O’Carroll, M. Rensing, J. Wendelboe, C. B. Watts, A. Kaszubowska-Anandarajah, P. Perry, C. Guignard, L. P. Barry, and J. O’Gorman, “Discrete mode laser diodes with very narrow linewidth emission,” Electron. Lett.43(23), 1282–1284 (2007). [CrossRef]
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IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron.

D. C. Byrne, J. P. Engelstaedter, W. H. Guo, Q. Y. Lu, B. Corbett, B. Roycroft, J. O’Callaghan, F. H. Peters, and J. F. Donegan, “Discretely tunable semiconductor lasers suitable for photonic integration,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron.15(3), 482–487 (2009). [CrossRef]
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IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.

Q. Lu, W.-H. Guo, D. Byrne, and J. F. Donegan, “Design of slotted single mode lasers suitable for photonic integration,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.22(11), 787–789 (2010). [CrossRef]
R. D. Martin, S. Forouhar, S. Keo, R. J. Lang, R. G. Hunsperger, R. C. Tiberio, and P. F. Chapman, “CW performance of an InGaAs-GaAs-AlGaAs laterally-coupled distributed feedback (LC-DFB) ridge laser diode,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.7(3), 244–246 (1995). [CrossRef]
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Proc. SPIE

L. P. Barry, C. Herbert, D. Jones, A. Kaszubowska-Anandarajah, B. Kelly, J. O’Carroll, R. Phelan, P. Anandarajah, K. Shi, and J. O’Gorman, “Discrete mode lasers for communications applications,” Proc. SPIE7230, 72300N, 72300N-12 (2009). [CrossRef]
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Other

S. O’Brien, F. Smyth, K. Shi, J. O’Carroll, P. M. Anadarajah, D. Bitauld, S. Osborne, R. Phelan, B. Kelly, J. O’Gorman, F. H. Peters, B. Boycroft, B. Corbett, and L. P. Barry, “Design, characterization, and applications of index-patterned Fabry-Perot Lasers,” IEEE. J. Sel. Topics. Quantum. Electron., PP, 1–11 (2011).

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2010, Lu, IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.
2009, Barry, Proc. SPIE
2009, Byrne, IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron.
2008, Engelstaedter, Electron. Lett.
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2005, Wang, IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.
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