Electrically pumped InP-based microdisk lasers integrated with a nanophotonic silicon-on-insulator waveguide circuit

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 6744-6749

  Van Campenhout, J ^a   Rojo Romeo, P ^b   Regreny, P ^b   Seassal, C ^b   Van Thourhout, D ^a   Verstuyft, S ^a   Di Cioccio, L ^c   Fedeli, J M ^c   Lagahe, C ^d   Baets, R ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON   (France)

^c CEA LETI   (France)

^d TRACIT Technologies   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; THRESHOLD CURRENT DENSITY; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASING; MICRODISK LASERS; SLOPE EFFICIENCY; WIRE WAVEGUIDE;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 34249689676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.006744     Document Type: Article

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