Electrically Pumped Heterogeneously Integrated Si/Iii-V Evanescent Lasers With Micro-Loop Mirror Reflector

An electrically pumped heterogeneously integrated Si/AlGaInAs evanescent laser with micro-loop mirror (MLM) as high reflectors at both ends is experimentally demonstrated. Finite-difference time-domain simulation shows that 98% reflectivity can be achieved with micro-loop mirror formed by single-mode silicon-on-insulator (SOI) waveguides. The laser based on a Si/III-V hybrid gain waveguide and passive SOI MLM reflectors is fabricated and single-mode continuous-wave (CW) lasing is achieved at room temperature with a lasing threshold current density of 2.5 kA/cm(2). (C) 2011 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3607309]