Author Affiliations
State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, Institute of Semiconductors & Institute of Material Science and Optoelectronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Schematic and microscopic image of an HSRL with BCB confinement layer. Square and rectangular sections are electrically isolated by a 20 μm isolation trench.
Fig. 2. (a) Output powers coupled into a tapered single-mode fiber versus IFP at fixed ISQ of 0, 5, 10, and 15 mA. (b) Lasing spectrum. (c) Detailed spectrum around dominant lasing mode at IFP=48 mA and ISQ=10 mA showing single-mode operation with an SMSR of 46 dB, for an HSRL with a=15 μm, d=2 μm, and L=300 μm.
Fig. 3. Lasing spectra versus different injection currents of (a) IFP as ISQ=10 mA and (b) ISQ as IFP=45 mA. Dominant mode wavelengths and SMSRs as functions of (c) IFP as ISQ=10 mA and (d) ISQ as IFP=45 mA, respectively, for HRSL with a=15 μm, d=2 μm, and L=300 μm.
Fig. 4. Normalized RF spectrum of the delayed self-heterodyne interference signal of lasing mode and Lorentzian fit to the measurement data, for the HSRL as ISQ=10 mA and IFP=50 mA.
Fig. 5. Small signal modulation responses of the HSRL with a=15 μm, d=2 μm, and L=300 μm at (a) IFP=15, 25, 35, 50 mA and ISQ=10 mA and (b) ISQ=5, 10, 15 mA and IFP=45 mA. (c) Resonance frequency versus square root of the injection current above threshold and (d) corresponding damping factors versus fR2 with variation of IFP at ISQ=10 mA.
Fig. 6. Experimental setup for measuring the relative intensity noise characteristics for the HSRL. SMF, single-mode fiber; PD, photodetector; DMM, digital multimeter; ESA, electrical spectrum analyzer.
Fig. 7. Measured laser RIN with the variation of (a) IFP as ISQ=10 mA and (b) ISQ as IFP=45 mA, respectively, for the HSRL with a=15 μm, d=2 μm, and L=300 μm.
Fig. 8. (a) Resonance frequency versus square root of the injection current above threshold and (b) damping factor versus fR2 with variation of IFP at ISQ=10 mA extracted from RIN measurements.