Integration of GaAs-based VCSEL array on SiN platform with HCG reflectors for WDM applications

Sulakshna Kumari; Johan S. Gustavsson; Ruijun Wang; Emanuel P. Haglund; Petter Westbergh; Dorian Sanchez; Erik Haglund; Åsa Haglund; Jörgen Bengtsson; Nicolas Le Thomas; Gunther Roelkens; Anders Larsson; Roel G. Baets

doi:10.1117/12.2077090

27 February 2015 Integration of GaAs-based VCSEL array on SiN platform with HCG reflectors for WDM applications

Sulakshna Kumari, Johan S. Gustavsson, Ruijun Wang, Emanuel P. Haglund, Petter Westbergh, Dorian Sanchez, Erik Haglund, Åsa Haglund, Jörgen Bengtsson, Nicolas Le Thomas, Gunther Roelkens, Anders Larsson, Roel G. Baets

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Proceedings Volume 9372, High Contrast Metastructures IV; 93720U (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2077090
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2015, San Francisco, California, United States

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We present a GaAs-based VCSEL structure, BCB bonded to a Si₃N₄ waveguide circuit, where one DBR is substituted by a free-standing Si₃N₄ high-contrast-grating (HCG) reflector realized in the Si₃N₄ waveguide layer. This design enables solutions for on-chip spectroscopic sensing, and the dense integration of 850-nm WDM data communication transmitters where individual channel wavelengths are set by varying the HCG parameters. RCWA shows that a 300nm-thick Si₃N₄ HCG with 800nm period and 40% duty cycle reflects strongly (<99%) over a 75nm wavelength range around 850nm. A design with a standing-optical-field minimum at the III-V/airgap interface maximizes the HCG’s influence on the VCSEL wavelength, allowing for a 15-nm-wide wavelength setting range with low threshold gain (<1000 cm^-1).

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Sulakshna Kumari, Johan S. Gustavsson, Ruijun Wang, Emanuel P. Haglund, Petter Westbergh, Dorian Sanchez, Erik Haglund, Åsa Haglund, Jörgen Bengtsson, Nicolas Le Thomas, Gunther Roelkens, Anders Larsson, and Roel G. Baets "Integration of GaAs-based VCSEL array on SiN platform with HCG reflectors for WDM applications", Proc. SPIE 9372, High Contrast Metastructures IV, 93720U (27 February 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2077090

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