Single-mode lasing operation using a microring resonator as a wavelength selector

Seoijin Park*, Seong Soo Kim, Liwei Wang, Seng Tiong Ho

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Abstract

Semiconductor lasers with microring resonators were demonstrated as frequency-selective elements. Single frequency mode operation was obtained with side-mode rejection. It was found that side longitudinal-mode suppression can be enhanced for better single-mode lasing purity with gain control in the ring resonator separate from that in the active laser medium.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)270-273
Number of pages4
JournalIEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
Volume38
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2002

Funding

Manuscript received April 4, 2001; revised November 29, 2001. This work was supported by National Science Foundation under Grants DMR-9632472 and ECS-9502475 and by DARPA under Grant F49620-96-1-0262/P006. S. Park was with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3112 USA. He is now with Sarnoff Corporation, Princeton, NJ 08540 USA. S.-S. Kim is with the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 USA. L. Wang was with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3112 USA. He is now with the Lightcross Corporation, Pasadena, CA 91101 USA. S.-T. Ho is with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3112 USA. Publisher Item Identifier S 0018-9197(02)01757-8.

Keywords

  • Etching
  • Microring resonators
  • Plasma materials-processing applications
  • Quantum wells
  • Semiconductor lasers
  • Waveguides

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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