Title :
Implant-Confined Photonic Crystal VCSELs for High-Speed Digital Communication
Author :
Chen, Chen ; Leisher, Paul O. ; Choquette, Kent D.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana
Abstract :
Photonic crystals are etched into the top facet of VCSELs to stabilize optical modes and improve performance. 15 Gb/s operation of an implant-confined photonic crystal VCSEL is demonstrated.
Keywords :
etching; high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; photonic crystals; surface emitting lasers; bit rate 15 Gbit/s; etching; high-speed digital communication; implant-confined VCSEL; optical modes; photonic crystal VCSEL; Apertures; Bandwidth; Digital communication; Etching; High speed optical techniques; Implants; Optical devices; Optical modulation; Photonic crystals; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0925-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382562
