Heterogeneous integration of electrically driven microdisk based laser sources for optical interconnects and photonic ICs
Optics Express, Vol. 14, Issue 9, pp. 3864-3871 (2006)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.14.003864
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Abstract
A new approach for an electrically driven microlaser based on a microdisk transferred onto Silicon is proposed. The structure is based on a quaternary InGaAsP p-i-n junction including three InAsP quantum wells, on a thin membrane transferred onto silicon by molecular bonding. A p++/n++ tunnel junction is used as the p-type contact. The technological procedure is described and first experimental results show a laser emission in pulsed regime at room temperature, with a threshold current near 1.5 mA.
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1. Introduction
D. Liu and C. Svensson, “Power consumption estimation in CMOS VLSI circuit,” IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits 29, 663–670 (1994). [CrossRef]
R. Orobtchouk, A. Layadi, H. Gualous, D. Pascal, A. Koster, and S. Laval, “High efficiency light coupling in a submicron SOI waveguide,” Appl. Opt. 39, 5773–5377 (2000). [CrossRef]
T. Baba, M. Fujita, A. Sakai, M. Kihara, and R. Watanabe “lasing Charactéristics of GaInAsP-InP strained Quantum-Well microdisk injection lasers with diameter of 2-10 μm,” IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett. 9, 878–880 (1997). [CrossRef]
H. Hattori, C. Seassal, E. Touraille, P. Rojo-Romeo, X. Letartre, G. Hollinger, P. iktorovitch, L. Di Cioccio, M. Zussy, L. El Melhaoui, and J.M. Fedeli, “Heterogeneous integration of microdisk lasers on silicon strip wageguides of optical interconnects,” to appear in IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. (2006). [CrossRef]
2. Structure design
3. Influence of the bottom contact slab
- For vertically fundamental modes (n=0), the influence of the slab on resonant wavelength is smaller as compared to WGM with larger n (see table 1).
- The quality factors (Q) of WGM with n>0 is drastically decreasing with increasing hS, from Q > 200000 for hS = 0 to Q = 5000 for hS = 50nm and Q = 2000 for = 100nm. On the contrary, for WGM with n=0, Q remains very high (>200000), even with the 100nm thick contact slab [15].
| λ(μm) (0,0,47) WGM | λ(μm) (2,1,33) WGM | |
|---|---|---|
| hS = 0 | 1.4874 | 1.4868 |
| hS = 50 nm | 1.4878 | 1.4895 |
| hS = 100 nm | 1.4885 | 1.4910 |
4. Tunnel junction
5. Fabrication
6. Results
M. Ortsiefer, R. Shau, G. Böhm, F. Köhler, G. Abstreiter, and M-C. Amann, ”Low-resistance InGa(Al)As Tunnel Junctions for Long Wavelength Vertical-cavity Surface-emitting Lasers,“ Jpn. J. Apl. Phys. 39, 1727–1729 (2000). [CrossRef]
7. Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References and links
D. Liu and C. Svensson, “Power consumption estimation in CMOS VLSI circuit,” IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits 29, 663–670 (1994). [CrossRef] | |
G. Tosik, F. Gaffiot, Z. Lisik, I. O’Connor, and F. T. Drissi, “Optical versus electrical interconnections for clock distribution in new VLSI technologies,” PATMOS 2799, 461–470 (2003). | |
R. Orobtchouk, A. Layadi, H. Gualous, D. Pascal, A. Koster, and S. Laval, “High efficiency light coupling in a submicron SOI waveguide,” Appl. Opt. 39, 5773–5377 (2000). [CrossRef] | |
Kazmierczak, M. Brière, E. Drouard, P. Bontoux, P. Rojo-Romeo, I. O'Connor, X. Letartre, F. Gaffiot, R. Orobtchouk, and T. Benyattou. “Design, simulation, and characterization of a passive optical Add-Dropfilter in SOI technology,” IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett. 17, 1447–1449 (2005). [CrossRef] | |
W. Bogaerts, R. Baets, P. Dumon, Wiaux V., S. Beckx, D. Taillaert, B. Luyssaert, J. Van Campenhout, P. Bienstman, and D. Van Thourhout, “Nanophotonic Waveguides in Silicon-on-Insulator Fabricated with CMOS Technology,” J. Lightwave Technol. 23, 401–412 (2005). [CrossRef] | |
T. Baba, M. Fujita, A. Sakai, M. Kihara, and R. Watanabe “lasing Charactéristics of GaInAsP-InP strained Quantum-Well microdisk injection lasers with diameter of 2-10 μm,” IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett. 9, 878–880 (1997). [CrossRef] | |
M. Fujita, A. Sakai, and T. Baba. Ultrasmall and ultralow threshold GaInAsP-InP Microdisk Injection Lasers: design, fabrication, lasing characteristics, and spontaneous emisión factor. IEEE J. Sel. Top. Electon. 5, 673–681 (1999). [CrossRef] | |
L. Zhang and E. Hu. “Lasing from InGaAs quantum dots in an injection microdisk,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 319–321 (2003). [CrossRef] | |
R. Ushigome, M. Fujita, A. Sakai, T. Baba, and Y. Kokubun. “GaInAsP microdisk injection laser with Benzocyclobutene polymer cladding and its athermal effect,” Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 41, 6364–6369 (2002). [CrossRef] | |
M. Fujita, R. Ushigome, T. Baba, A. Matsutani, F. Koyama, and K. Iga “GaInAsP microcylinder (microdisk) injection laser with AlInAs(Ox) claddings,” Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 40, 5338–5339 (2001). [CrossRef] | |
H. Hattori, C. Seassal, E. Touraille, P. Rojo-Romeo, X. Letartre, G. Hollinger, P. iktorovitch, L. Di Cioccio, M. Zussy, L. El Melhaoui, and J.M. Fedeli, “Heterogeneous integration of microdisk lasers on silicon strip wageguides of optical interconnects,” to appear in IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. (2006). [CrossRef] | |
C. J. Seung, K. Djordjev, S. J. Choi, and P. D. Dapkus, “Microdisk lasers coupled to output waveguides,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 15, 1330–1332 (2003). [CrossRef] | |
H. Park, A. W. Fang, S. Kodama, and J. E. Bowers. “Hybrid silicon evanescent laser fabricated with a silicon waveguide and III-V offset quantum wells,” Opt. Lett. 13, 9460–9464 (2005). | |
For such a large structure (~300 μm3), we cannot accurately evaluate quality factors higher than a few 100000 with a reasonable calculation time. | |
M. Ortsiefer, R. Shau, G. Böhm, F. Köhler, G. Abstreiter, and M-C. Amann, ”Low-resistance InGa(Al)As Tunnel Junctions for Long Wavelength Vertical-cavity Surface-emitting Lasers,“ Jpn. J. Apl. Phys. 39, 1727–1729 (2000). [CrossRef] |
OCIS Codes
(130.5990) Integrated optics : Semiconductors
(140.2020) Lasers and laser optics : Diode lasers
(140.5960) Lasers and laser optics : Semiconductor lasers
ToC Category:
Integrated Optics
History
Original Manuscript: February 17, 2006
Revised Manuscript: April 21, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: April 24, 2006
Published: May 1, 2006
Citation
P. Rojo Romeo, J. Van Campenhout, P. Regreny, A. Kazmierczak, C. Seassal, X. Letartre, G. Hollinger, D. Van Thourhout, R. Baets, J. M. Fedeli, and L. Di Cioccio, "Heterogeneous integration of electrically driven microdisk based laser sources for optical interconnects and photonic ICs," Opt. Express 14, 3864-3871 (2006)
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References
- D. Liu and C. Svensson, "Power consumption estimation in CMOS VLSI circuit," IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits 29,663-670 (1994). [CrossRef]
- G. Tosik, F. Gaffiot, Z. Lisik, I. O’Connor, and F. T. Drissi, "Optical versus electrical interconnections for clock distribution in new VLSI technologies," PATMOS 2799,461-470 (2003).
- R. Orobtchouk, A. Layadi, H. Gualous, D. Pascal, A. Koster, and S. Laval, "High efficiency light coupling in a submicron SOI waveguide," Appl. Opt. 39,5773-5377 (2000). [CrossRef]
- Kazmierczak, M. Brière, E. Drouard, P. Bontoux, P. Rojo-Romeo, I. O'Connor, X. Letartre, F. Gaffiot, R. Orobtchouk, T. Benyattou. "Design, simulation, and characterization of a passive optical Add-Dropfilter in SOI technology," IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett. 17,1447-1449 (2005). [CrossRef]
- W. Bogaerts, R. Baets, P. Dumon, V. Wiaux, S. Beckx, D. Taillaert, B. Luyssaert, J. Van Campenhout, P. Bienstman, D. Van Thourhout, "Nanophotonic Waveguides in Silicon-on-Insulator Fabricated with CMOS Technology," J. Lightwave Technol. 23,401-412 (2005). [CrossRef]
- T. Baba, M. Fujita, A. Sakai, M. Kihara, R. Watanabe. "lasing Charactéristics of GaInAsP-InP strained Quantum-Well microdisk injection lasers with diameter of 2-10 µm," IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett. 9,878-880 (1997). [CrossRef]
- M. Fujita, A. Sakai, T. Baba. Ultrasmall and ultralow threshold GaInAsP-InP Microdisk Injection Lasers: design, fabrication, lasing characteristics, and spontaneous emisión factor.IEEE J. Sel. Top. Electon. 5,673-681 (1999). [CrossRef]
- L. Zhang, E. Hu. "Lasing from InGaAs quantum dots in an injection microdisk," Appl. Phys. Lett. 82,319-321 (2003). [CrossRef]
- R. Ushigome, M. Fujita, A. Sakai, T. Baba, Y. Kokubun. "GaInAsP microdisk injection laser with Benzocyclobutene polymer cladding and its athermal effect," Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 41, 6364-6369 (2002). [CrossRef]
- M. Fujita, R. Ushigome, T. Baba, A. Matsutani, F. Koyama, K. Iga "GaInAsP microcylinder (microdisk) injection laser with AlInAs(Ox) claddings," Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 40,5338-5339 (2001). [CrossRef]
- H. Hattori, C. Seassal, E. Touraille, P. Rojo-Romeo, X. Letartre, G. Hollinger, P. Viktorovitch, L. Di Cioccio, M. Zussy, L. El Melhaoui, J.M. Fedeli, "Heterogeneous integration of microdisk lasers on silicon strip wageguides of optical interconnects," to appear in IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. (2006). [CrossRef]
- C. J. Seung, K. Djordjev, S. J. Choi, and P. D. Dapkus," Microdisk lasers coupled to output waveguides," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 15,1330-1332 (2003). [CrossRef]
- H. Park, A. W. Fang, S. Kodama, J. E. Bowers. "Hybrid silicon evanescent laser fabricated with a silicon waveguide and III-V offset quantum wells," Opt. Lett. 13,9460-9464 (2005).
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- For such a large structure (~300 µm3), we cannot accurately evaluate quality factors higher than a few 100000 with a reasonable calculation time.
- M. Ortsiefer, R. Shau, G. Böhm, F. Köhler, G. Abstreiter, M-C. Amann, "Low-resistance InGa(Al)As Tunnel Junctions for Long Wavelength Vertical-cavity Surface-emitting Lasers," Jpn. J. Apl. Phys. 39,1727-1729 (2000). [CrossRef]
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