Uncooled, 10 Gb/s operation of two-contact InGaAsP lasers with low drive current

Author

Massara, A.B. ; Yang, S. ; Houle, T.J. ; Thilakumara, R.P. ; Penty, R.V. ; White, I.H.

Author_Institution

Centre for Commun. Res., Bristol Univ., UK

Volume

3

fYear

2001

fDate

17-22 March 2001

Abstract

Uncooled, high-speed modulation of two-contact lasers is presented with ultra-low drive currents. Practical operation at 10 Gb/s up to temperatures of 85/spl deg/C and extinction ratios of 6 dB are found for current swings which are less than 40% of conventional lasers.

Keywords

Fabry-Perot resonators; III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; high-speed optical techniques; indium compounds; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; optical modulation; optical transmitters; quantum well lasers; ridge waveguides; waveguide lasers; 10 Gb/s operation; 10 Gbit/s; 85 degC; Fabry-Perot laser; InGaAsP; InGaAsP lasers; InGaAsP-InP; conventional lasers; current swings; device performance; extinction ratios; high speed ridge-waveguide Fabry-Perot device; low drive current; practical operation; ridge-waveguide laser; strained quantum wells; temperatures; two-contact lasers; two-contact operating regime; ultra-low drive currents; uncooled high-speed modulation; Bandwidth; Contacts; Displays; Etching; Extinction ratio; Eyes; Quantum well lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Temperature; Transceivers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2001. OFC 2001

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-655-9

Type

conf

Filename

928522