Dual-wavelength distributed Bragg reflector semiconductor laser based on a composite resonant cavity

We report a monolithic integrated dual-wavelength laser diode based on a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) composite resonant cavity. The device consists of three sections, a DBR grating section, a passive phase section, and an active gain section. The gain section facet is cleaved to work as a laser cavity mirror. The other laser mirror is the DBR grating, which also functions as a wavelength filter and can control the number of wavelengths involved in the laser action. The reflection bandwidth of the DBR grating is fabricated to have an appropriate value to make the device work at the dual-wavelength lasing state. We adopt the quantum well intermixing (QWI) technique to provide low-absorption loss grating and passive phase section in the fabrication process. By tuning the injection currents on the DBR and the gain sections, the device can generate 0.596 nm-spaced dual-wavelength lasing at room temperature.     

长波长大应变InGaAs/InGaAsP分布反馈激光器的材料生长与器件制备

采用低压金属有机化合物气相沉积法(LP-MOCVD)生长并制作了1.6—1.7μm大应变InGaAs/InGaAsP分布反馈激光器.采用应变缓冲层技术，得到质量良好的大应变InGaAs/InP体材料.器件采用了4个大应变的量子阱，加入了载流子阻挡层改善器件的温度特性.1.66μm和1.74μm未镀膜的3μm脊型波导器件阈值电流低(小于15mA)，输出功率高(100mA时大于14mW).从10—40℃，1.74μm激光器的特征温度T₀=57K，和1.55μm InGaAsP分布反馈激光器的特征温度相当. 关键词： MOCVD InGaAs/InGaAsP 应变量子阱 分布反馈激光器     

Graded tensile-strained bulk InGaAs/InP superluminescent diode with very wide emission spectrum

A kind of novel broad-band superluminescent diodes (SLDs) using graded tensile-strained bulk InGaAs is developed. The graded tensile-strained bulk InGaAs is obtained by changing only group-Ⅲ trimethylgallium source flow during low-pressure metal organic vapor-phase epitaxy. At the injection current of 200mA, the fabricated SLDs with such structure demonstrate full-width at half-maximum spectral width of 106 nm and the output light power of 13.6 mW, respectively.     

采用单边大光腔结构改善电吸收调制器的光场分布

设计并制备了具有单边大光腔结构的半导体电吸收(electroabsorption，EA)调制器.模拟和测试的结果均表明：单边大光腔结构能有效地改善EA调制器的光场分布，使椭圆形的近场光斑变得圆形化，从而达到与圆形模式光纤之间的匹配，有利于提高耦合效率.     

Integrated electroabsorption-modulated DFB laser by using an improved butt-joint method

An improved butt coupling method is used to fabricate an electroabsorption modulator (EAM) monolithically integrated with a distributed feedback (DFB) laser.The obtained electroabsorption-modulated laser (EML) chip with the traditional shallow ridge exhibits very low threshold current of 12 mA, output power of more than 8 mW,and static extinction ratio of-7 dB at the applied bias voltage from 0.5 to -2.0 V.     

1.55-μm大功率高速直调半导体激光器阵列

提出一种基于AlGaInAs材料的1.55-μm波段的大功率、高速直调分布反馈(DFB)激光器阵列。采用具有良好温度特性和高微分增益的AlGaInAs材料作为量子阱和波导层以实现大功率与高带宽的输出;引入稀释波导结构来减小有源区内部损耗,同时降低远场发散角;采用悬浮光栅并优化耦合系数以实现大注入电流下的单模稳定工作。最终实现了1.5-μm波段5波长的大功率直调激光器阵列,阵列波长间隔约为5 nm,室温连续波(CW)工作时各通道输出光功率均大于100 mW,单通道最大输出光功率为160 mW,500 mA工作电流范围内边模抑制比大于55 dB,小信号调制带宽可达7 GHz,激光器最小线宽为520 kHz,相对强度噪声低于-145 dB/Hz。     

Four distributed feedback laser array integrated with multimode-interference and semiconductor optical amplifier

Monolithic integration of four 1.55-μm-range InGaAsP/InP distributed feedback (DFB) lasers using varied ridge width with a 4×1-multimode-interference (MMI) optical combiner and a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) is demonstrated. The average output power and the threshold current are 1.8 mW and 35 mA, respectively, when the injection current of the SOA is 100 mA, with a side mode suppression ratio (SMSR) exceeding 40 dB. The four channels have a 1-nm average channel spacing and can operate separately or simultaneously.     

Monolithic Integration of Sampled Grating DBR with Electroabsorption Modulator by Combining Selective-Area-Growth MOCVD and Quantum-Well Intermixing

We present the monolithic integration of a sampled-grating distributed Bragg reflector （SG-DBR） laser with a quantum-well electroabsorption modulator （QW-EAM） by combining ultra-low-pressure （55 mbar） selectivearea-growth （SAG） metal-organic chemical vapour deposition （MOCVD） and quantum-well intermixing （QWI） for the first time. The QW-EAM and the gain section can be grown simultaneously by using SAG MOCVD technology. Meanwhile, the Q WI technology offers an abrupt band-gap change between two functional sections, which reduces internal absorption loss. The experimental results show that the threshold current Ith = 62 mA, and output power reaches 3.6roW. The wavelength tuning range covers 3Ohm, and all the corresponding side mode suppression ratios are over 30dB. The extinction ratios at available wavelength channels can reach more than 14dB with bias of-5 V.     

Electrically Pumped Room-Temperature Pulsed InGaAsP-Si Hybrid Lasers Based on Metal Bonding

A pulsed InGaAsP-Si hybrid laser is fabricated using metal bonding. A novel structure in which the optical coupling and metal bonding areas are transversely separated is employed to integrate the silicon waveguide with an InGaAsP multi-quantum well distributed feedback structure. When electrically pumped at room temperature, the laser operates with a threshold current density of 2.9 kA/cm^2 and a slope efficiency of 0.02 W/A. The 1542nm laser output exits mainly from the Si waveguide.     

InP Based PD/EAM Integrated Photonic Switch

A new compact three-port InP based PD/EAM （photo-detector/electro-absorption modulator） integrated photonic switch is reported. The device demonstrates bi-directional wavelength conversion over 20nm at 2.5 Gbit/s with a low input optical power of about 20mW.