Park, Vaughan, Fleming & Dowler LLP
Mode-hop-free hybrid external-cavity laser with passive thermo-optic coefficient compensation
The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that implements a hybrid laser. This system includes a reflective gain medium (RGM) comprising an optical gain material coupled to a mirror. This RGM is coupled to a spot-size converter (SSC), which optically couples the RGM to an optical reflector through a silicon waveguide. The SSC converts an optical mode-field size of the RGM to an optical mode-field size of the silicon waveguide. During operation, the RGM, the spot-size converter, the silicon waveguide and the silicon mirror collectively form a lasing cavity, wherein an effective thermo-optic coefficient (TOC) of a portion of the lasing cavity that passes through the optical gain material and the SSC material is substantially the same as the TOC of silicon. Finally, a laser output is optically coupled out of the lasing cavity.
Oracle International Corporation
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Jock T. Ashok V. Ivan Xuezhe Jin-Hyoung
Bovington Krishnamoorthy Shubin Zheng Lee