Open AccessOn-chip silicon photonic wavelength control of optical fiber lasers
Author(s) -
Xuan Wang,
Tao Liu,
Vilson R. Almeida,
Roberto R. Panepucci
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.16.015671
Subject(s) - materials science , optoelectronics , optics , chip , wavelength , silicon , lasing threshold , laser , wavelength division multiplexing , resonator , silicon photonics , silicon chip , optical fiber , fiber laser , physics , telecommunications , computer science
Tunable silicon microring filters are used to demonstrate CMOS-compatible on-chip wavelength control of Er(+) doped fiber-lasers. An onchip Ni-Cr micro-heater consuming up to 20 mW is capable of tuning the Si microring filter by 1.3 nm with a lasing linewidths narrower than 0.02 nm. This approach enables arbitrary multiple wavelength generation on a silicon chip. Possible applications include on-chip and chip-to-chip dense-wavelength division multiplexed communications and sensor interrogation.