On-chip silicon photonic wavelength control of optical fiber lasers

Opt Express. 2008 Sep 29;16(20):15671-6. doi: 10.1364/oe.16.015671.

Abstract

Tunable silicon microring filters are used to demonstrate CMOS-compatible on-chip wavelength control of Er(+) doped fiber-lasers. An onchip Ni-Cr micro-heater consuming up to 20 mW is capable of tuning the Si microring filter by 1.3 nm with a lasing linewidths narrower than 0.02 nm. This approach enables arbitrary multiple wavelength generation on a silicon chip. Possible applications include on-chip and chip-to-chip dense-wavelength division multiplexed communications and sensor interrogation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Chromium / chemistry
  • Equipment Design
  • Erbium / chemistry
  • Hot Temperature
  • Lasers*
  • Nickel / chemistry
  • Optics and Photonics*
  • Photons
  • Silicon / chemistry*
  • Transducers

Substances

  • Chromium
  • Erbium
  • Nickel
  • Silicon