Title :
Modulation energy efficiency of VCSEL and coupled-cavity VCSEL
Author :
Chen, Chen ; Choquette, Kent D. ; Plant, David V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We measure the energy per bit (EPB) for the 25-Gb/s implanted holey VCSEL and 12-Gb/s coupled-cavity VCSEL, and discuss the possibilities for the VCSEL to achieve a lower EPB for data center and interconnect applications.
Keywords :
computer centres; optical communication equipment; optical interconnections; optical modulation; surface emitting lasers; bit rate 25 Gbit/s; coupled cavity VCSEL; data center application; energy per bit; implanted holey VCSEL; interconnect application; modulation energy efficiency; Bandwidth; Cavity resonators; Energy measurement; Measurement by laser beam; Optical modulation; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Playa del Carmen
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3730-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3731-3
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2010.5553688
