title: Electrically-pumped compact hybrid silicon microring lasers for optical interconnects.
abstract: We demonstrate an electrically-pumped hybrid silicon microring laser fabricated by a self-aligned process. The compact structure (D = 50 microm) and small electrical and optical losses result in lasing threshold as low as 5.4 mA and up to 65 degrees C operation temperature in continuous-wave (cw) mode. The spectrum is single mode with large extinction ratio and small linewidth observed. Application as on-chip optical interconnects is discussed from a system perspective.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA. dliang@ece.ucsb.edu
authors.forename: Di
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fiorentino
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okumura
authors.forename: Hsu-Hao
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Daryl T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Spencer
authors.forename: Ying-Hao
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.forename: Alexander W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Daoxin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Raymond G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Beausoleil
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Bowers
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004581:Electronics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007834:Lasers; D007909:Lenses; D008904:Miniaturization; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012825:Silicon / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D012825:Silicon