Title :
Wavelength tuning and athermal operations of micro-machined VCSELs for uncooled WDM applications
Author :
Sano, H. ; Nakata, N. ; Nakahama, M. ; Matsutani, A. ; Koyama, F.
Author_Institution :
Photonics Integration Syst. Res. Center, Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
We successfully demonstrated the wavelength tuning and athermal operation of micro machined VCSELs at the same time. A small temperature dependence of below 0.002 nm/K is realized with precise continuous wavelength tuning of 1.1 nm.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; micromachining; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; athermal operations; continuous wavelength tuning; micromachined VCSEL; uncooled WDM applications; Cavity resonators; Laser tuning; Optical surface waves; Temperature dependence; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
