Novel High Power Quantum WellLasers With Integrated Passive Waveguide

国家自然科学基金

Integrated tapered MMI couplers in the silicon-on-insulator technology

The authors have designed and fabricated 2x2 parabolically tapered MMI coupler with large cross-section and large space between difference ports using Silicon-on-Insulator ( SOI) technology. The devices demonstrate a minimum uniformity of 0.8dB and 30% shorter than the straight MMI coupler.

Integrated MMI optical couplers and optical switches in Silicon-on-insulator technology

Integrated multimode interference coupler based on silicon-on-insulator has been become a kind of more and more attractive device in optical systems. Thin cladding layers (<1.0mum) can be used in SOI waveguide due to the large index step between Si and SiO2, making them compatible with the VLSI technology. Here we demonstrate the design and fabrication of multimode interference (MMI) optical couplers and optical switches in SOI technology.

Potential light source for photonic integrated circuits based on the equilateral triangle resonator

The semiconductor microlasers based on the equilateral triangle resonator (ETR) can be fabricated from the edge-emitting laser wafer by dry-etching technique, and the directional emission can be obtained by connecting an output waveguide to one of the vertices of the ETR. We investigate the mode characteristics, especially the mode quality factor, for the ETR with imperfect vertices, which is inevitable in the real technique process. The numerical simulations show that the confined modes can still have a high quality factor in the ETR with imperfect vertices. We can expect that the microlasers is a suitable light source for photonic integrated circuits.

1.5 mu m DFB integrated with vertical tapered spotsize converter fabricated by selective MOVPE

1.5 mu m DFB LD butt-joint integrated with vertical tapered spotsize converter was fabricated by LP-MOVPE. The vertical far field angle (FWHM) was decreased from 34degrees to 10degrees the threshold currents was as low as 19.8mA, the output power was 9.6mw at 100mA without HR coating and the SMSR was 35.8dB. The 1-dBm misalignment tolerance was 3.2 mu m, while the counterpart of the device without SSC was 2.2 mu m.

Silicon: the promising material for phontonic integrated circuits platform

The development of optical network demands integrated arid multiple functionality modules to lowing cost and acquire highly reliability. Among the various contender materials to be photonic integrated circuits platform, silicon exhibits dominant characteristics and is the most promising platform materials. The paper compares the characteristics of some candidate materials with silicon and reviews recent progress in silicon based photonic integration technology. Tile challenges to silicon for optical integration for optical networking application arc also indicated.

Investigation on integrated high speed DFB light source and narrow bandwidth RCE photodetector for WDM fiber communication network application

Electroabsorption (EA) modulator integrated with partially gain coupling distributed feedback (DFB) lasers have been fabricated and shown high single mode yield and wavelength stability. The small signal bandwidth is about 7.5 GHz. Strained Si1-chiGechi/Si multiple quantum well (MQW) resonant-cavity enhanced (RCE) photodetectors with SiO2/Si distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) as the mirrors have been fabricated and shown a clear narrow bandwidth response. The external quantum efficiency at 1.3 mum is measured to be about 3.5% under reverse bias of 16 V. A novel GaInNAs/GaAs MQW RCE p-i-n photodetector with high reflectance GaAs/ALAs DBR mirrors has also been demonstrated and shown the selectively detecting function with the FWHM of peak response of 12 nm.

Integrated multimode interference couplers in silicon-on insulator

Silicon-on insulator (SOI) is an attractive platform for the fabrication of optoelectronic integrated circuit. Thin cladding layers (< 1.0m) can be used in SOI waveguide due to the large index step between Si and SiO2, making them compatible with the VLSI technology. Here we demonstrate the fabrication of 1 x 4 and 2 x 2 multimode interference (MMI) coupler based on SOI technology. Performances of the devices are analyzed. The minimum excess loss of the devices is about 1.8dB. The devices show uniform power distribution.