Silicon photonic wavelength tunable laser diode for next generation optical communication systems

• Project/Area Number: 25420312
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Electron device/Electronic equipment
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: Kita Tomohiro 東北大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 助教 (40466537)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TANUSHI YUICHIRO 東北大学, 未来科学技術共同研究センター, 助教 (90397985)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥5,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,170,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
• Keywords: 波長可変レーザ / シリコンフォトニクス / 狭線幅レーザ / リング共振器 / 量子ドット / 非線形光学効果 / デジタルコヒーレント通信

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Ultra compact wavelength tunable laser diode with a semiconductor optical amplifier and a silicon photonics wavelength tunable filter was developed. A 99 nm wide wavelength tunable range, less than 15 kHz narrow spectral linewidth and more than 40 mW high output power were respectively achieved. The 1.2 um wavelength tunable laser with quantum dot optical amplifier was also developed.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Heterogeneous quantum dot/silicon photonics-based wavelength-tunable laser diode with a 44 nm wavelength-tuning range (2016)
  • Author(s): Tomohiro Kita, Naokatsu Yamamoto, Atsushi Matsumoto, Tetsuya Kawanishi, and Hirohito Yamada
  • Journal Title: Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Volume: 55 Issue: 4S Pages: 04EH11-04EH11
  • DOI: 10.7567/jjap.55.04eh11
  • NAID: 210000146358
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Narrow Spectral Linewidth Silicon Photonic Wavelength Tunable Laser Diode for Digital Coherent Communication System (2016)
  • Author(s): Tomohiro Kita, Rui Tang, and Hirohito Yamada
  • Journal Title: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics Volume: in press
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Ultra-compact Wavelength-Tunable Quantum-Dot Laser with Silicon-Photonics Double Ring Filter (2015)
  • Author(s): Tomohiro Kita, Naokatsu Yamamoto, Tetsuya Kawanishi, and Hirohito Yamada
  • Journal Title: Applied Physics Express Volume: 8 Issue: 6 Pages: 062701-062701
  • DOI: 10.7567/apex.8.062701
  • NAID: 210000137546
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Optimum waveguide-core size for reducing device property distribution (2015)
  • Author(s): Munetoshi Soma, Tomohiro Kita, Yuichiro Tanushi, Munehiro Toyama, Miyoshi Seki, Nobuyuki Yokoyama, Minoru Ohtsuka, and Hirohito Yamada
  • Journal Title: Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Volume: 54 Issue: 4S Pages: 04DG03-04DG03
  • DOI: 10.7567/jjap.54.04dg03
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Compact Silicon Photonic Wavelength-tunable Laser Diode with Ultra-wide Wavelength Tuning Range (2015)
  • Author(s): Tomohiro Kita, Rui Tang, and Hirohito Yamada
  • Journal Title: Applied Physics Letters Volume: 106 Issue: 11
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4915306
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Narrow-Spectral-Linewidth Silicon Photonic Wavelength-Tunable Laser with Highly Asymmetric Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (2015)
  • Author(s): Rui Tang, Tomohiro Kita, and Hirohito Yamada
  • Journal Title: Optics Letters Volume: 40 Issue: 7 Pages: 1504-1507
  • DOI: 10.1364/ol.40.001504
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Long external cavity Si photonic wavelength tunable laser diode (2012)
  • Author(s): T. Kita, K. Nemoto, and H. Yamada
  • Journal Title: Jpn. J. Appl. Phys Volume: Vol.53 Issue: 4S Pages: 04EG04-04EG04
  • DOI: 10.7567/jjap.53.04eg04
  • NAID: 210000143633
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Silicon photonic wavelength-tunable laser diode with asymmetric mach-zehnder interferometer (2012)
  • Author(s): T. Kita, K. Nemoto, and H. Yamada
  • Journal Title: J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron Volume: Vol.20 Issue: 4 Pages: 8201806-8201806
  • DOI: 10.1109/jstqe.2013.2295712
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] シリコンフォトニクス-量子ドット波長可変レーザ (2016)
  • Author(s): 北 智洋, 松本 敦, 山本 直克, 川西 哲也, 山田博仁
  • Organizer: 電子情報通信学会LQE研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 神戸市産業振興センター,神戸
  • Year and Date: 2016-01-28
• [Presentation] シリコン細線リング共振器を用いた量子ドット波長可変レーザの開発 (2015)
  • Author(s): 北 智洋
  • Organizer: 電子情報通信学会第23回シリコンフォトニクス研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 石川県政記念 しいのき迎賓館 ,金沢
  • Year and Date: 2015-12-10
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Heterogeneous Quantum Dots/Silicon Photonics Wavelength Tunable Laser Diode (2015)
  • Author(s): Tomohiro Kita, Naokatsu Yamamoto, Tetsuya Kawanishi, and Hirohito Yamada
  • Organizer: Solid State Device and Materials2015
  • Place of Presentation: 札幌コンベンションセンター,札幌
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-30
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Heterogeneous Silicon Photonics Wavelength Tunable Laser Diodes (2015)
  • Author(s): Tomohiro Kita, and Hirohito Yamada
  • Organizer: 5th RLE-RIEC meeting on Research Colloboration in Photonics
  • Place of Presentation: ケンブリッジ, 米国
  • Year and Date: 2015-07-01
• [Presentation] Ultra-compact Wavelength Tunable Quantum Dot Laser with Silicon Photonic External Cavity (2015)
  • Author(s): Tomohiro Kita, Naokatsu Yamamoto, Tetsuya Kawanishi, and Hirohito Yamada
  • Organizer: CLEO2015
  • Place of Presentation: サンノゼ, 米国
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-13
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Ultra-compact Wavelength Tunable Quantum Dot Laser with Silicon Photonic External Cavity (2015)
  • Author(s): Tomohiro Kita, Naokatsu Yamamoto, Tetsuya Kawanishi, and Hirohito Yamada
  • Organizer: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2015
  • Place of Presentation: サンノゼ, 米国
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-13
• [Presentation] InAs 量子ドット光増幅器を用いた1.2μm 帯シリコンフォトニック波長可変レーザ (2015)
  • Author(s): 北 智洋、山本 直克、川西 哲也、山田 博仁
  • Organizer: 応用物理学会春季学術講演会
  • Place of Presentation: 東海大学, 神奈川県
  • Year and Date: 2015-03-12
• [Presentation] Silicon Photonic Devices for a Large Capacity Optical Communication system (2014)
  • Author(s): Tomohiro Kita, Rui Tang, Munehiro Soma, and Hirohito Yamada
  • Organizer: The ４th International Symposium on Photonics and Electronics Convergence
  • Place of Presentation: 東京大学, 東京都
  • Year and Date: 2014-11-19
  • Invited
• [Presentation] 狭線幅・高出力シリコンフォトニック波長可変レーザ (2014)
  • Author(s): 北 智洋, 唐 睿, 山田 博仁
  • Organizer: 電子情報通信学会2014年ソサイエティ大会
  • Place of Presentation: 徳島大学, 徳島県
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-24
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Wide-band Wavelength Tunable Laser Diode with Si Photonic Filter (2014)
  • Author(s): Tomohiro Kita, Rui Tang, and Hirohito Yamada
  • Organizer: ＩＥＥＥ Ｉｎｔｅｒｎａｔｉｏｎａｌ Ｌａｓｅｒ ｃｏｎｆｅｒｅｎｃｅ
  • Place of Presentation: マヨルカ, スペイン
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-08
• [Presentation] デジタルコヒーレント光通信用シリコンフォトニック波長可変レーザ (2014)
  • Author(s): 北 智洋, 山田 博仁
  • Organizer: 光産業技術振興協会2014年度第一回フォトニックデバイス・応用技術研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 機械振興会館, 東京都
  • Year and Date: 2014-05-28
  • Invited
• [Presentation] シリコンフォトニック波長可変レーザ (2014)
  • Author(s): 北 智洋, 唐 睿,根本 景太,山田 博仁
  • Organizer: 電子情報通信学会総合大会
  • Place of Presentation: 新潟大学
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Highly-stabilized operation of Si photonics wavelength tunable laser diode (2013)
  • Author(s): Tomohiro Kita,Keita Nemoto,Hirohito Yamada
  • Organizer: International conference on solid state devices and materials
  • Place of Presentation: 福岡
• [Presentation] Narrow spectral linewidth and high output power Si Photonic Wavelength (2013)
  • Author(s): Tomohiro Kita,Keita Nemoto,Hirohito Yamada
  • Organizer: International Conference on Group IV Photonics
  • Place of Presentation: Seoul,Korea
• [Presentation] Si Photonic Wavelength Tunable Laser Diode (2013)
  • Author(s): T. Kita, K. Nemoto, K. Watanabe, H. Yamazaki, and H. Yamada
  • Organizer: The 18th OptoElectronics and Communications Conference
  • Place of Presentation: 京都国際会議場
• [Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] 波長フィルタ及びレーザ (2014)
  • Inventor(s): 北 智洋,根本 景太,山田 博仁
  • Industrial Property Rights Holder: 北 智洋,根本 景太,山田 博仁
  • Industrial Property Rights Type: 特許
  • Industrial Property Number: 2014-029699
  • Filing Date: 2014-02-19