Electrically pumped laser transmitter integrated on thin-film lithium niobate

Abstract

Integrated thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) photonics has emerged as a promising platform for the realization of high-performance chip-scale optical systems. Of particular importance are TFLN electro-optic modulators featuring high-linearity, low driving voltage and low propagation loss. However, a fully integrated system requires integration of high power, low noise, and narrow linewidth lasers on TFLN chips. Here we achieve this goal, and demonstrate integrated high-power lasers on TFLN platform with up to 60 mW of optical power in the waveguides. We use this platform to realize a high-power transmitter consisting of an electrically pumped laser integrated with a 50 GHz modulator.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Apr 06, 2022
Source ID
10.1364/optica.448617

Entities

People

  • Amirhassan Shams-Ansari
  • Di Zhu
  • Dylan Renaud
  • Hannah R. Grant
  • Leif Johansson
  • Linbo Shao
  • Ling-Yan He
  • Marko Loncar
  • Mengjie Yu
  • Mian Zhang
  • Rebecca Cheng

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
  • Harvard University

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy