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Mode-Hop-Free Tunable Chip-Scale Laser at 780 nm for Integrated Quantum Photonic and Atomic Applications

Joshua E. Castro, Paolo Pintus, Eber Nolasco-Martinez, Theodore J. Morin, Trevor J. Steiner, Lillian Thiel, Nicholas Lewis, John Edward Bowers, David Weld, Galan Moody

Published Jan 1, 2024• 0 citations
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Abstract

We report a >100 GHz mode-hop-free tunable III-V-on-Si3N4 laser operating from 770-785 nm with < 5 kHz intrinsic linewidth. We demonstrate pumping of a high-Q Si3N4 microresonator entangled-photon pair source and locking to the 87Rb D2 line.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_si.2024.sm1r.6

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