MQW wavelength-tunable DBR lasers with monolithically integrated external cavity electroabsorption modulators with low-driving voltages fabricated by selective-area MOCVD |
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Authors: | R.M. Lammert G.M. Smith S. Hughes M.L. Osowski A.M. Jones J.J. Coleman |
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Affiliation: | Microelectron. Lab., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA; |
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Abstract: | The design and operation of multiple-quantum-well (MQW) wavelength-tunable distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) InGaAs QW lasers with nonabsorbing gratings and monolithically integrated external cavity electroabsorption modulators fabricated by selective-area MOCVD are presented. Uncoated devices exhibit CW threshold currents as low as 10.5 mA with slope efficiencies of 0.21 W/A from the laser facet. Wavelength tuning of 7 nm is obtained by injection current heating of the DBR section. These devices also exhibit extinction ratios of 18 dB from the modulator facet at a low modulator bias of 1 V, when measured with a broad-area detector. When coupled to a singlemode fiber, these devices exhibited high extinction ratios of 40 dB at a modulator bias of 1.25 V. |
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