• DocumentCode
    2230678
  • 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
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950252