IEEE Photonics Technology Letters · 1994 · 19 citations · 8 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringMaterials ScienceOptoelectronicsPhotonicsSemiconductor DevicesIntegrated Circuit FabricationIntegrated OpticsIntegrated PhotonicsLaser DiodesPhotonic Integrated CircuitsSemiconductor LasersDiode Laser Threshold CurrentInsertion LossIntegrated LasersIntegrated Photonic DevicesIntegrated WaveguidesLasersStrip WaveguidesWaveguide Loss
The fabrication and characterization of BRS lasers monolithically integrated with butt-coupled polymer-based buried strip waveguides is presented. Threshold currents of lasers with one cleaved and one etched mirror facets are 15-18 mA and waveguide output powers are in excess of 5 mW at 100 mA laser driving currents and for 600 μm long waveguides. The device exhibits a total waveguide insertion loss less than 5 dB. The integrated device is potentially suitable as a building-block for photonic integrated circuits.
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