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Mode-locked silicon evanescent lasers

2007; Optica Publishing Group; Volume: 15; Issue: 18 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1364/oe.15.011225

1094-4087

Brian R. Koch, Alexander W. Fang, Oded Cohen, John E. Bowers,

Advanced Photonic Communication Systems

We demonstrate electrically pumped lasers on silicon that produce pulses at repetition rates up to 40 GHz. The mode locked lasers generate 4 ps pulses with low jitter and extinction ratios above 18 dB, making them suitable for data and telecommunication transmitters and for clock generation and distribution. Results of both passive and hybrid mode locking are discussed. This type of device could enable new silicon based integrated technologies, such as optical time division multiplexing (OTDM), wavelength division multiplexing (WDM), and optical code division multiple access (OCDMA).