Strategies to increase the modal gain in heterogeneously integrated III-V amplifiers on silicon-on-insulator》.pdfVIP

Opt Quant Electron (2012) 44:683–689 DOI 10.1007/s11082-012-9588-6 Strategies to increase the modal gain in heterogeneously integrated III–V amplifiers on silicon-on-insulator M. Tassaert · D. Van Thourhout · G. Roelkens Received: 15 December 2011 / Accepted: 12 May 2012 / Published online: 24 May 2012 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. 2012 Abstract A novel waveguide shape is proposed to take advantage of the high index con- trast in adhesively bonded III–V on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) waveguides for application in on-chip semiconductor optical amplifiers. By decreasing t