Design and Experimental Evaluation of Active-Passive Integrated Microring Lasers: Noise Properties

The phase and intensity noise of microring lasers coupled with passive waveguides are examined through linewidth and relative intensity noise measurements. Laser linewidth down to 500 KHz was measured through the self-homodyne technique and a direct association is established between the linewidth and the two main structural parameters of a microring, the ring radius and coupling efficiency with the bus waveguide. Coupling efficiency is estimated through waveguiding analysis by means of 3-D finite difference in time domain techniques.