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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik

Q 31: Poster: Quantum Optics and Photonics II

Q 31.67: Poster

Tuesday, March 24, 2015, 17:00–19:00, C/Foyer

Technology platform for micro-integrated semiconductor laser modules for quantum optical sensor applications in space — •Christian Kürbis¹, Ahmad Bawamia¹, Wojciech Lewoczko-Adamczyk^1,2, Martin Heyne¹, Mandy Krüger¹, Andreas Wicht^1,2, Götz Erbert¹, Achim Peters², and Günther Tränkle¹ — ¹Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik, Gustav-Kirchhoff-Str. 4, 12489 Berlin, Germany — ²Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Physik, Newtonstr. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany

We present the design and implementation of semiconductor laser modules that are suitable for quantum optical experiments in space. We report on the integration of two arbitrary laser chips, micro-optics, DC and HF electronics including fiber-coupling into a single-mode, polarization maintaining fiber on a structured AlN-substrate with a footprint of 80 x 30 mm². Moreover, we present the packaging of the AlN-substrate into a hermetically sealed housing with custom-made feedthroughs for all DC, HF and optical signals. Results of mechanical vibration and shock tests, as well as thermal cycling tests on sub-assemblies of the laser modules are shown. We present the electro-optical performance of a Master Oscillator Power Amplifier (MOPA) module with a distributed feedback laser (DFB) as master oscillator operating on the above-named technology platform.

This work is supported by the German Space Agency DLR with funds provided by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) under grant number 50WM1141.