A low-cost technique for adding microlasers to a silicon photonic platform

Joan Juvert; Iain Eddie; Colin J. Mitchell; Graham T. Reed; James S. Wilkinson; Anthony Kelly; Steven L. Neale

doi:10.1117/12.2209357

14 March 2016 A low-cost technique for adding microlasers to a silicon photonic platform

Joan Juvert, Iain Eddie, Colin J. Mitchell, Graham T. Reed, James S. Wilkinson, Anthony Kelly, Steven L. Neale

Proceedings Volume 9752, Silicon Photonics XI; 97520Y (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2209357
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

In this paper we report the physical micromanipulation of standard InP telecommunications laser die in a liquid medium by means of optoelectronic tweezers. Optoelectronic tweezers have been shown to use much less optical power than optical tweezers, they do not require a coherent light source to function and the creation of multiple traps is straightforward. These properties make the technique a very good candidate for the massive parallel micromanipulation of optoelectronic components for assembly on a photonic platform. We discuss the positional and orientation accuracy of the optoelectronic tweezers in relation to the alignment requirements for low-loss coupling between the light sources and the other components in a photonic platform. Our experiments indicate that the accuracy is better than 2 μm and 2° for translations and rotations, respectively.

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Joan Juvert, Iain Eddie, Colin J. Mitchell, Graham T. Reed, James S. Wilkinson, Anthony Kelly, and Steven L. Neale "A low-cost technique for adding microlasers to a silicon photonic platform", Proc. SPIE 9752, Silicon Photonics XI, 97520Y (14 March 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2209357

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