Frequency stabilization of C-band semiconductor lasers through a SiN photonic integrated circuit

Alessandro Brugnoni; Ali Emre Kaplan; Valerio Vitali; Kyle Bottrill; Michele Re; Periklis Petropoulos; Cosimo Lacava; Ilaria Cristiani

doi:10.1364/PRJ.516588

Photonics Research, Volume. 12, Issue 8, 1619(2024)

Frequency stabilization of C-band semiconductor lasers through a SiN photonic integrated circuit

Alessandro Brugnoni1...2,*, Ali Emre Kaplan1,2, Valerio Vitali1,2, Kyle Bottrill2, Michele Re3, Periklis Petropoulos2, Cosimo Lacava1 and Ilaria Cristiani1 |Show fewer author(s)

Author Affiliations

¹Photonics Group, Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, University of Pavia, Pavia 27100, Italy

²Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK

³Huawei Technologies Italia S.r.l, Centro direzionale Milano, Segrate 20054, Italy

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