Characterization of Hybrid InP-TriPleX Photonic Integrated Tunable Lasers Based on Silicon Nitride (Si ₃N₄/SiO₂) Microring Resonators for Optical Coherent System

Abstract

We demonstrate detailed characterization results of a hybrid InP-TriPleX photonic integrated tunable laser based on silicon nitride microring resonators. A tuning range of 50 nm across the C-band, side-mode suppression ratio (SMSR) >50 dB, high output power (~10 dBm), linewidth of <;80 kHz across the whole tuning range, and μs switching speed are achieved. The delayed self-heterodyne (DSH) method is used for the linewidth measurement, the lowest linewidth can be achieve is ~35 kHz. The FM noise spectrum is also measured to show the 1/f noise and white noise characterization. Furthermore, the device demonstrates performance comparable with commercial external cavity lasers in 64-QAM coherent system.