Direct intensity modulation of a rectangular ring laser with bidirectional lasing characteristics

The direct intensity modulation of a three-guide coupled rectangular ring laser having bidirectional lasing characteristics is reported for the first time. The rectangular laser cavity consists of four low loss total internal reflection mirrors and an output coupler made out of three passive coupled...

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Veröffentlicht in:Optics communications 2011-09, Vol.284 (19), p.4473-4476
Hauptverfasser: Kim, Doo Gun, Oh, Geum-Yoon, Lee, Tae-Kyeong, Kim, Seon Hoon, Ki, Hyun Chul, Lim, Jung Woon, Kim, Hwe Jong, Kim, Boo-Gyoun, Dagli, Nadir, Choi, Young-Wan
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Zusammenfassung:The direct intensity modulation of a three-guide coupled rectangular ring laser having bidirectional lasing characteristics is reported for the first time. The rectangular laser cavity consists of four low loss total internal reflection mirrors and an output coupler made out of three passive coupled waveguides. The laser is fabricated using a total cavity length of 580 μm with active section lengths of 250 μm. For both the clockwise and counterclockwise circulating directions, a lasing threshold of around 38 mA is obtained at room temperature under continuous wave operation. A maximum 3-dB modulation bandwidth of approximately 3.2 GHz is observed in both circulating directions.
ISSN:0030-4018
1873-0310
DOI:10.1016/j.optcom.2011.05.049