InGaN/GaN Laser Diodes and their Applications

Scott Watson; Steffan Gwyn; Shaun Viola; Thomas J. Slight; Szymon Stanczyk; Szymon Grzanka; Amit Yadav; Duncan Rowe; Leslie Laycock; Kevin E. Docherty; Edik U. Rafailov; Piotr Perlin; Stephen P. Najda; Mike Leszczyński; Anthony Kelly

doi:10.1109/ICTON.2018.8473864

InGaN/GaN Laser Diodes and their Applications

Scott Watson
, Steffan Gwyn
, Shaun Viola
, Thomas J. Slight
, Szymon Stanczyk
, Szymon Grzanka
, Amit Yadav
, Duncan Rowe
, Leslie Laycock
, Kevin E. Docherty
, Edik U. Rafailov
, Piotr Perlin
, Stephen P. Najda
, Mike Leszczyński
, Anthony Kelly

Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AiPT)

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Abstract

Gallium nitride (GaN) laser diodes are becoming popular sources not only for lighting but for applications ranging from communications to quantum. This paper presents the use of a commercial, off-the-shelf laser diode, with an emission wavelength of 450 nm, for visible light communication, both in free space and for underwater scenarios. Data rates up to 15 Gbit/s have been achieved by making use of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM). In addition, distributed feedback (DFB) lasers have been realised emitting at a single wavelength which lend themselves towards applications where high spectral purity is crucial such as atomic clocks or filtered free space transmission systems. These devices have the grating structure etched into the sidewall of the ridge and work is ongoing to measure the linewidth of these lasers with the intended application of cooling Sr+ ions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2018 20th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)
Publisher	IEEE
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-5386-6605-0
ISBN (Print)	978-1-5386-6606-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2018.8473864
Publication status	Published - 27 Sept 2018
Event	20th Anniversary International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2018) - Library of University Politehnica Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania Duration: 1 Jul 2018 → 5 Sept 2018 http://icton2018.upb.ro/

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Name	2018 20th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)
Publisher	IEEE
ISSN (Electronic)	2161-2064

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Conference	20th Anniversary International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2018)
Abbreviated title	ICTON 2018
Country/Territory	Romania
City	Bucharest
Period	1/07/18 → 5/09/18
Internet address	http://icton2018.upb.ro/

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Watson, S., Gwyn, S., Viola, S., Slight, T. J., Stanczyk, S., Grzanka, S., Yadav, A., Rowe, D., Laycock, L., Docherty, K. E., Rafailov, E. U., Perlin, P., Najda, S. P., Leszczyński, M., & Kelly, A. (2018). InGaN/GaN Laser Diodes and their Applications. In 2018 20th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON) Article 8473864 (2018 20th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2018.8473864

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