Title :
Continuous tunable 1550-nm high contrast grating VCSEL
Author :
Rao, Y. ; Chase, C. ; Huang, M.C.Y. ; Khaleghi, S. ; Chitgarha, M.R. ; Ziyadi, M. ; Worland, D.P. ; Willner, A.E. ; Chang-Hasnain, C.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
We report monolithic, tunable 1550-nm HCG-VCSELs with 26.3 nm continuous tuning. Room temperature CW power of >;3.3 mW, and 10 Gb/s direct modulation over 100 km of fiber is demonstrated.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; laser transitions; laser tuning; optical communication equipment; optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; HCG-VCSEL; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; direct modulation; distance 100 km; high contrast grating VCSEL; laser tuning; temperature 293 K to 298 K; wavelength 1550 nm; Gratings; Laser tuning; Modulation; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber networks; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
