TY - GEN
T1 - A tunable laser based on nano-opto-mechanical system
AU - Ren, M.
AU - Cai, H.
AU - Gu, Y. D.
AU - Kropelnicki, P.
AU - Randles, A. B.
AU - Liu, A. Q.
PY - 2014/1
Y1 - 2014/1
N2 - This paper presents an external cavity tunable laser based on nano-opto-mechanical system by integrating the gain laser diode and the opto-mechanical ring resonators on a silicon chip. An optical force controlled tuning approach is demonstrated whereby the lasing light itself adjusts the lasing wavelength by controlling the mechanical displacement of the silicon ring resonator. In the experiments, a 24-nm wavelength tuning is realized due to a deflection of 14-nm. The optomechanical wavelength tuning coefficient is 214 GHz/nm. The demonstrated device has potential applications for optical communication system, pulse trapping/release, and chemical sensing, with easy on-chip integration on a silicon platform.
AB - This paper presents an external cavity tunable laser based on nano-opto-mechanical system by integrating the gain laser diode and the opto-mechanical ring resonators on a silicon chip. An optical force controlled tuning approach is demonstrated whereby the lasing light itself adjusts the lasing wavelength by controlling the mechanical displacement of the silicon ring resonator. In the experiments, a 24-nm wavelength tuning is realized due to a deflection of 14-nm. The optomechanical wavelength tuning coefficient is 214 GHz/nm. The demonstrated device has potential applications for optical communication system, pulse trapping/release, and chemical sensing, with easy on-chip integration on a silicon platform.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84899020117&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/MEMSYS.2014.6765848
DO - 10.1109/MEMSYS.2014.6765848
M3 - Conference article published in proceeding or book
AN - SCOPUS:84899020117
SN - 9781479935086
T3 - Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
SP - 1143
EP - 1146
BT - MEMS 2014 - 27th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 27th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2014
Y2 - 26 January 2014 through 30 January 2014
ER -