Slow Light Dispersion Engineering of Active Photonic Crystal Cavities for Compact and Integrated Mode-Locked Lasers

Malik Kemiche (1) , Jérémy Lhuillier (1) , Thomas Wood (1) , Aziz Benamrouche (2) , Philippe Regreny (3) , Radoslaw Mazurczyk (2) , Pedro Rojo-Romeo (1) , Xavier Letartre (1) , Ségolène Callard (1) , Christelle Monat (1)

1 INL - Photonique - INL - Nanophotonique
2 INL - Nanolyon - INL - Plateforme Technologique Nanolyon
3 INL - H&N - INL - Hétéroepitaxie et Nanostructures

We realize compact active photonic crystal cavities for miniaturized chip-based pulsed lasers. We experimentally validate our approach relying on slow-light dispersion engineering for sustaining the intended regular comb of modes from a 30 µm long cavity.

Domaines: Optique / photonique; Micro et nanotechnologies/Microélectronique

Malik Kemiche, Jérémy Lhuillier, Thomas Wood, Aziz Benamrouche, Philippe Regreny, et al.. Slow Light Dispersion Engineering of Active Photonic Crystal Cavities for Compact and Integrated Mode-Locked Lasers. CLEO: Science and Innovations, 2018, San Jose, United States. ⟨10.1364/CLEO_SI.2018.STh3A.5⟩. ⟨hal-01798317⟩