A Thermally Tunable III-V Compound Semiconductor Microdisk Laser Integrated on Silicon-on-Insulator Circuits

作者:Liu Liu*; Spuesens Thijs; Roelkens Guenther; Van Thourhout Dries; Regreny Philippe; Rojo Romeo Pedro
来源:IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 2010, 22(17): 1270-1272.
DOI:10.1109/LPT.2010.2053526

摘要

A thermally tunable microdisk laser integrated on a silicon-on-insulator waveguide circuit is demonstrated. A local heater is fabricated surrounding the microdisk cavity for tuning/trimming the lasing wavelength through the thermo-optical effect. The proposed device can be easily implemented without adding extra fabrication steps. A tuning efficiency of 0.35 nm/mW is obtained. A 2-nm smooth tuning with 20-mu W constant lasing power is also demonstrated.

  • 出版日期2010-9-1