2.5 Gbit/s data transmission with singlemode GaAs VCSELs over -20 to 100°C temperature range

Author

Mederer, F. ; Kicherer, M. ; Jager, Rudolf ; Unold, B. ; Ebeling, K.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Optoelectron., Ulm Univ., Germany

Volume

36

Issue

3

fYear

2000

fDate

2/3/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

236

Lastpage

238

Abstract

Singlemode GaAs based vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELS) are being investigated for high bit rate data transmission in an industrially relevant temperature range between -20 and 100°C. The bit error rate (BER) for 2.5 Gbits/s transmission over 250 m of graded index multimode fibre (MMF) is better than 10^-11 for all temperatures under fixed bias and modulation conditions. The temperature dependent power penalty for 250 m MMF transmission is as low as 0.009 dB/K

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; electro-optical modulation; gallium arsenide; gradient index optics; laser modes; optical fibre communication; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; -20 to 100 C; 2.5 Gbit/s; 250 m; GaAs; Gbit/s data transmission; MMF transmission; bit error rate; fixed bias; fixed electro optical modulation conditions; graded index multimode fibre; high bit rate data transmission; industrially relevant temperature range; singlemode GaAs VCSELs; singlemode GaAs based vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers; temperature dependent power penalty; temperature range;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronics Letters

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0013-5194

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/el:20000252

Filename

836557