Wavelength division multiplexed light source monolithically integrated on a silicon photonics platform

作者:Purnawirman; Li Nanxi*; Magden E Salih; Singh Gurpreet; Moresco Michele; Adam Thomas N; Leake Gerard; Coolbaugh Douglas; Bradley Jonathan D B; Watts Michael R
来源:Optics Letters, 2017, 42(9): 1772-1775.
DOI:10.1364/OL.42.001772

摘要

We demonstrate monolithic integration of a wavelength division multiplexed light source for silicon photonics by a cascade of erbium-doped aluminum oxide (Al2O3:Er3+) distributed feedback (DFB) lasers. Four DFB lasers with uniformly spaced emission wavelengths are cascaded in a series to simultaneously operate with no additional tuning required. A total output power of -10.9 dBm is obtained from the four DFBs with an average side mode suppression ratio of 38.1 +/- 2.5 dB. We characterize the temperature-dependent wavelength shift of the cascaded DFBs and observe a uniform d lambda/dT of 0.02 nm/degrees C across all four lasers.

  • 出版日期2017-5-1