Unidirectional hybrid silicon ring laser with an intracavity S-bend

We demonstrate a hybrid silicon ring laser with an internal amplifying S-bend that couples a fraction of the counter-clockwise circulating light into the the clockwise direction. The device supported single-mode, unidirectional laser oscillation at certain bias conditions. A spatial field distribution model is derived to describe the unidirectional operation. A unidirectional clockwise laser output with a suppression ratio up to 18.6 dB over the counter-clockwise mode was achieved.