Hybrid integration of laser source on silicon photonic integrated circuit for low-cost interferometry medical device

Matthieu Duperron; Lee Carroll; Marc Rensing; Sean Collins; Yan Zhao; Yanlu Li; Roel Baets; Peter O'Brien

doi:10.1117/12.2250921

20 February 2017 Hybrid integration of laser source on silicon photonic integrated circuit for low-cost interferometry medical device

Matthieu Duperron, Lee Carroll, Marc Rensing, Sean Collins, Yan Zhao, Yanlu Li, Roel Baets, Peter O'Brien

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Proceedings Volume 10109, Optical Interconnects XVII; 1010915 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2250921
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2017, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

The cost-effective integration of laser sources on Silicon Photonic Integrated Circuits (Si-PICs) is a key challenge to realizing the full potential of on-chip photonic solutions for telecommunication and medical applications. Hybrid integration can offer a route to high-yield solutions, using only known-good laser-chips, and simple freespace micro-optics to transport light from a discrete laser-diode to a grating-coupler on the Si-PIC. In this work, we describe a passively assembled micro-optical bench (MOB) for the hybrid integration of a 1550nm 20MHz linewidth laser-diode on a Si-PIC, developed for an on-chip interferometer based medical device. A dual-lens MOB design minimizes aberrations in the laser spot transported to the standard grating-coupler (15 μm x 12 μm) on the Si-PIC, and facilitates the inclusion of a sub-millimeter latched-garnet optical-isolator. The 20dB suppression from the isolator helps ensure the high-frequency stability of the laser-diode, while the high thermal conductivity of the AlN submount (300/W=m.°C), and the close integration of a micro-bead thermistor, ensure the stable and efficient thermo-electric cooling of the laser-diode, which helps minimise low-frequency drift during the approximately ~ 15s of operation needed for the point-of-care measurement. The dual-lens MOB is compatible with cost-effective passively-aligned mass-production, and can be optimised for alternative PIC-based applications.

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Matthieu Duperron, Lee Carroll, Marc Rensing, Sean Collins, Yan Zhao, Yanlu Li, Roel Baets, and Peter O'Brien "Hybrid integration of laser source on silicon photonic integrated circuit for low-cost interferometry medical device", Proc. SPIE 10109, Optical Interconnects XVII, 1010915 (20 February 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2250921

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