• DocumentCode
    2040549
  • Title

    Tunable red vertical cavity surface emitting lasers using electrostatic actuation

  • Author

    Lott, J.A. ; Ochoa, E.M. ; Siskaninetz, W.J. ; Noble, M.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Air Force Inst. of Technol., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    2000
  • Firstpage
    13
  • Lastpage
    16
  • Abstract
    We report a tunable red vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) with a flexible micro-electro-mechanical (MEM) top distributed Bragg reflector. The peak emission wavelength is electrically tunable over a range of 15 nm from 644 to 659 nm.
  • Keywords
    distributed Bragg reflector lasers; electrostatic actuators; laser tuning; micro-optics; surface emitting lasers; 644 to 659 nm; electrostatic actuation; flexible MEM top distributed Bragg reflector; tunable red vertical cavity surface emitting laser; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Electrostatic actuators; Gallium arsenide; Laser tuning; Optical surface waves; RNA; Surface emitting lasers; Threshold current; Tunable circuits and devices; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices, 2000. COMMAD 2000. Proceedings Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6698-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/COMMAD.2000.1022882
  • Filename
    1022882