A Distributed Bragg Reflector Silicon Evanescent Laser

2008; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Volume: 20; Issue: 20 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1109/lpt.2008.2003382

ISSN

1941-0174

Autores

Alex Fang, Brian R. Koch, Richard Jones, Erica Lively, Di Liang, Ying-Hao Kuo, John E. Bowers,

Tópico(s)

Photonic Crystals and Applications

Resumo

We report a distributed Bragg reflector silicon evanescent laser operating continuous wave at 1596 nm. The lasing threshold and maximum output power are 65 mA and 11 mW, respectively. The device generates open eye-diagrams under direct modulation at data rates up to 4 Gb/s.

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