On-chip silicon photonic wavelength control of optical fiber lasers.
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.
Wang
Xuan
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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Florida International University, 10555 West Flagler Street, Miami, FL 33174, USA.
Liu
Tao
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de Almeida
Vilson R
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Panepucci
Roberto R
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D002857:Chromium / Q000737:chemistry; D004867:Equipment Design; D004871:Erbium / Q000737:chemistry; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007834:Lasers; D009532:Nickel / Q000737:chemistry; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D017785:Photons; D012825:Silicon / Q000737:chemistry*; D014159:Transducers
D002857:Chromium; D004871:Erbium; D009532:Nickel; D012825:Silicon