High-performance mode-locked lasers on silicon

  • Songtao Liu
  • , Xinru Wu
  • , Justin Norman
  • , Daehwan Jung
  • , Mario Dumont
  • , Chen Shang
  • , Yating Wan
  • , M. J. Kennedy
  • , Bozhang Dong
  • , Dominik Auth
  • , Stefan Breuer
  • , Frédéric Grillot
  • , Weng Chow
  • , Arthur Gossard
  • , John Bowers

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Abstract

In this paper we review our recent progress on high performance mode locked InAs quantum dot lasers that are directly grown on CMOS compatible silicon substrates by solid-source molecular beam epitaxy. Different mode locking configurations are designed and fabricated. The lasers operate within the O-band wavelength range, showing pulsewidth down to 490 fs, RF linewidth down to 400 Hz, and pulse-to-pulse timing jitter down to 6 fs. When the laser is used as a comb source for wavelength division multiplexing transmission systems, 4.1 terabit per second transmission capacity was achieved. Self-mode locking is also investigated both experimentally and theoretically. The demonstrated performance makes those lasers promising light source candidates for future large-scale silicon electronic and photonic integrated circuits (EPICs) with multiple functionalities.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPhysics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XXVIII
EditorsBernd Witzigmann, Marek Osinski, Yasuhiko Arakawa
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510633117
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2020
EventPhysics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XXVIII 2020 - San Francisco, United States
Duration: 3 Feb 20206 Feb 2020

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume11274
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferencePhysics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XXVIII 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period3/02/206/02/20

Keywords

  • Silicon photonics
  • WDM transmission
  • comb generation
  • photonic integrated circuits
  • quantum dots
  • semiconductor mode-locked lasers

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