• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 11, Issue 4, 622 (2023)
Xiao Sun1、*, Song Liang2, Weiqing Cheng1, Shengwei Ye1, Yiming Sun1, Yongguang Huang2, Ruikang Zhang2, Jichuan Xiong3, Xuefeng Liu3, John H. Marsh1, and Lianping Hou1
Author Affiliations
  • 1James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
  • 2Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
  • 3School of Electronic and Optical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.480676 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Xiao Sun, Song Liang, Weiqing Cheng, Shengwei Ye, Yiming Sun, Yongguang Huang, Ruikang Zhang, Jichuan Xiong, Xuefeng Liu, John H. Marsh, Lianping Hou. Regrowth-free AlGaInAs MQW polarization controller integrated with a sidewall grating DFB laser[J]. Photonics Research, 2023, 11(4): 622 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Polarization control is at the heart of high-capacity data optical communication systems, such as polarization-division multiplexers and Stokes vector modulation transmitters. Despite passive polarization control being mature, the realization of monolithically integrated polarization controllers and single longitudinal mode light sources, such as distributed-feedback (DFB) lasers, is of importance. In this research, we report an AlGaInAs multiple-quantum-well photonic integrated circuit device which can control the state of polarization of the output light source, consisting of a polarization mode converter (PMC), a differential phase shifter (DPS), and a sidewall grating DFB laser. We demonstrate an asymmetrical stepped-height ridge waveguide PMC to realize TE to TM polarization conversion and a symmetrical straight waveguide DPS to enable polarization rotation from approximately counterclockwise circular polarization to linear polarization. Based on the identical epitaxial layer scheme, all the PMC, DPS, and DFB lasers can be integrated monolithically using only a single step of metalorganic vapor-phase epitaxy and two steps of III-V material dry etching. For the DFB-PMC device, a high TE to TM polarization conversion efficiency (98.4%) over a wide range of DFB injection currents is reported at 1555 nm wavelength. For the DFB-PMC-DPS device, a nearly 60° rotation of the Stokes vector on the Poincaré sphere was obtained with a range of bias voltage from 0 to -3.0 V at a laser drive current of 170 mA.
    S=(S1S2S3)=(12sin2(2φ)sin2(πLPMC2Lπ)sin(4φ)sin(πLPMC2Lπ)sin(2φ)sin(πLPMCLπ)),

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    PCE=sin2(2φ)sin2(πLPMC2Lπ)=1S12×100%,

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    Δθ=(ΔβTEΔβTM)×LDPS=2πLDPSλ(ΔnTEΔnTM),

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    Δn(E)=cπ0Δα(E)E2E2dE,

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    αex=i,j4e2|pcv|2ε0cnm02Eex(i,j)λex(i,j)2Lz|χci|χvi2|B(ωEex(i,j)),

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    αcon=μe2|pcv|2ε0cnm022ωLzi,j|χci|χvi2|Ecv(i,j)S(E,Ecv(i,j))L(E,ω)dE,

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    α=αex+αcon,

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    κ=neffΔλsλB2,

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    N(z,LD)=(NWNB)[112erf(zLW22LD)+12erf(z+LW22LD)],

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    Xiao Sun, Song Liang, Weiqing Cheng, Shengwei Ye, Yiming Sun, Yongguang Huang, Ruikang Zhang, Jichuan Xiong, Xuefeng Liu, John H. Marsh, Lianping Hou. Regrowth-free AlGaInAs MQW polarization controller integrated with a sidewall grating DFB laser[J]. Photonics Research, 2023, 11(4): 622
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