Ultra-narrow-linewidth Al_2O_3:Er^3+ lasers with a wavelength-insensitive waveguide design on a wafer-scale silicon nitride platform

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العنوان: Ultra-narrow-linewidth Al_2O_3:Er^3+ lasers with a wavelength-insensitive waveguide design on a wafer-scale silicon nitride platform
المؤلفون: Douglas D. Coolbaugh, Thomas N. Adam, Michael R. Watts, Anna Baldycheva, G. Leake, Jonathan D. B. Bradley, Jie Sun, Purnawirman, Ehsan Shah Hosseini, Nanxi Li, Neetesh Singh, Emir Salih Magden, Michele Moresco, Gurpreet Singh
المصدر: Optics Express. 25:13705
بيانات النشر: The Optical Society, 2017.
سنة النشر: 2017
مصطلحات موضوعية: Waveguide (electromagnetism), Materials science, business.industry, chemistry.chemical_element, 02 engineering and technology, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, Laser, Coupled mode theory, 01 natural sciences, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, law.invention, 010309 optics, Erbium, Laser linewidth, chemistry.chemical_compound, Wavelength, Optics, chemistry, Silicon nitride, law, 0103 physical sciences, Wafer, 0210 nano-technology, business
الوصف: We report ultra-narrow-linewidth erbium-doped aluminum oxide (Al2O3:Er3+) distributed feedback (DFB) lasers with a wavelength-insensitive silicon-compatible waveguide design. The waveguide consists of five silicon nitride (SiNx) segments buried under silicon dioxide (SiO2) with a layer Al2O3:Er3+ deposited on top. This design has a high confinement factor (> 85%) and a near perfect (> 98%) intensity overlap for an octave-spanning range across near infra-red wavelengths (950-2000 nm). We compare the performance of DFB lasers in discrete quarter phase shifted (QPS) cavity and distributed phase shifted (DPS) cavity. Using QPS-DFB configuration, we obtain maximum output powers of 0.41 mW, 0.76 mW, and 0.47 mW at widely spaced wavelengths within both the C and L bands of the erbium gain spectrum (1536 nm, 1566 nm, and 1596 nm). In a DPS cavity, we achieve an order of magnitude improvement in maximum output power (5.43 mW) and a side mode suppression ratio (SMSR) of > 59.4 dB at an emission wavelength of 1565 nm. We observe an ultra-narrow linewidth of ΔνDPS = 5.3 ± 0.3 kHz for the DPS-DFB laser, as compared to ΔνQPS = 30.4 ± 1.1 kHz for the QPS-DFB laser, measured by a recirculating self-heterodyne delayed interferometer (R-SHDI).
تدمد: 1094-4087
DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.013705
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https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.25.013705
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الوصف
تدمد:10944087
DOI:10.1364/oe.25.013705