Frequency modulated hybrid photonic crystal laser by thermal tuning
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2019-04-09
Authors
Butler, Sharon M.
Bakoz, Andrei P.
Singaravelu, Praveen K. J.
Liles, Alexandros A.
O'Shaughnessy, Ben
Viktorov, Evgeny A.
O'Faolain, Liam
Hegarty, Stephen P.
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OSA - The Optical Society
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Abstract
We demonstrate frequency modulation (FM) in an external cavity (EC) III-V/silicon laser, comprising a reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA) and a silicon nitride (SiN) waveguide vertically coupled to a 2D silicon photonic crystal (PhC) cavity. The PhC cavity acts as a tunable narrowband reflector giving wavelength selectivity. The FM was achieved by thermo-optical modulation of the reflector via a p-n junction. Single-mode operation was ensured by the short cavity length, overlapping only one longitudinal laser mode with the reflector. We investigate the effect of reflector modulation theoretically and experimentally and predict a substantial tracking of the resonator by the laser frequency with very small intensity modulation (IM).
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Distributed feedback lasers , Frequency modulated lasers , Laser theory , Photonic crystal lasers , Photonic crystal cavities , Single mode lasers
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Butler, S.M., Bakoz, A.P., Singaravelu, P.K.J., Liles, A.A., O’Shaughnessy, B., Viktorov, E.A., O’Faolain, L. and Hegarty, S.P., 2019. Frequency modulated hybrid photonic crystal laser by thermal tuning. Optics express, 27(8), (10pp). DOI:10.1364/OE.27.011312