Tunable dual-wavelength laser constructed by silicon micromachining

Cai, He; Liu, A. Q.; Zhang, Xuming; Tamil, J.; Tang, Ding; Wu, Jian; Zhang, Q. X.

doi:10.1063/1.2840152

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“…In this situation, simultaneously two wavelength emissions are observed in the gold disk coupled cavity. As for gold disk dimer coupled cavity, the scattering cross-section of the M 1 and M 2 modes Dual-wavelength lasers have been attractive for many applications, such as ultrafast optical communications, wavelength-division multiplexing, and terahertz radiation generation [49]. Traditional schemes involve complicated fabrication or debugging procedures.…”

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Double-wavelength nanolaser based on strong coupling of localized and propagating surface plasmon

Wu¹,

Wang²,

Ren³

et al. 2020

J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys.

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We theoretically demonstrate a kind of plasmon coupled cavity to achieve a nanolaser with high intensity and low threshold. The plasmon cavity is composed of the gold film substrate and gold disk array, which supports two strong coupled resonance modes (i.e. surface plasmon polariton (SPP) and localized surface plasmon (LSP)). Compared with the nanolaser with the LSP resonance structure, the scattering cross-section of the LSP-SPP coupled laser is 80 times higher. The coupled cavity nanolaser with different wavelengths can be excited with different plasmon resonance modes by selecting the appropriate gain medium. In addition, a compact tunable dual-wavelength laser can be developed using this coupled structure.

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confidence: 99%

Double-wavelength nanolaser based on strong coupling of localized and propagating surface plasmon

Wu¹,

Wang²,

Ren³

et al. 2020

J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys.

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“…However, the developed MEMS tunable lasers [5][6][7] have limited space to put in any external components for polarization control due to their micro-scaled size. For example, it is difficult to integrate a small crystal with controllable optical nonlinearity or a micro-scaled polarizer into the external cavity of a MEMS tunable laser system.…”

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MEMS Laser with Tunable Wavelength and Polarization using Optical Tunneling Effect

Zhu

Zhang

Cai

et al. 2009

2009 IEEE 22nd International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems

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This paper presents a micromachined tunable laser that utilizes a silicon optical tunneling structure to tune both the polarization state and the wavelength of the laser output. The device is fabricated on silicon-on-insulator wafer using deep reactive ion etching. In experiment, the wavelength and the polarization are tuned by heating up the silicon optical tunneling structure via the thermo-optic effect. A 900 change of polarization direction is obtained using a heating current of 61.2 mA, and a wavelength tuning of 2 nm is also demonstrated. The output spectrum shows a high suppress ratio above 30 dB. Compared with the previous MEMS tunable lasers that have a random or fixed polarization state, this device provides a special capability in tuning the polarization state in addition to the wavelength, and would find niche applications in biomedical research, interferometry, coherent communications, instrumentations and sensors.

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“…The digital mirror which has discrete reflection spectrum is totally different compared to the current broadband mirrors MEMS tunable lasers [1][2][3]. The reflection of the digital mirror can be tuned by digital pumping signals which promise fast output wavelength switching.…”

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A MEMS digital mirror for tunable laser wavelength selection

Zhu

Zhang

Cai

et al. 2009

TRANSDUCERS 2009 - 2009 International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference

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This paper presents a digital mirror for tunable laser wavelength selection using microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology. The digital mirror which has discrete reflection spectrum is totally different compared to the current broadband mirrors MEMS tunable lasers [1][2][3]. The reflection of the digital mirror can be tuned by digital pumping signals which promise fast output wavelength switching. The experimental results show that the output wavelength of the MEMS tunable laser using the digital mirror has high tuning resolution without increasing the physical length of the internal cavity of the tunable laser. The output wavelength of tuning resolution can reach 0.2 nm and the bandwidth is around 0.04 nm.

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Tunable dual-wavelength laser constructed by silicon micromachining

Cited by 10 publications

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Double-wavelength nanolaser based on strong coupling of localized and propagating surface plasmon

Double-wavelength nanolaser based on strong coupling of localized and propagating surface plasmon

MEMS Laser with Tunable Wavelength and Polarization using Optical Tunneling Effect

A MEMS digital mirror for tunable laser wavelength selection

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