Title :
Drive-current tuning of self-oscillation frequency of external cavity VCSEL
Author :
Smith, Clinton J. ; Li, Wen-Di ; Wysocki, Gerard ; Chou, Stephen Y.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrated the tuning of the self-oscillation frequency of an external cavity VCSEL using drive current. This frequency tuning occurs for all cavity lengths constructed; however, the degree of frequency tuning correlates with cavity length.
Keywords :
laser tuning; surface emitting lasers; cavity length; drive-current tuning; external cavity VCSEL; frequency tuning; self-oscillation frequency; Cavity resonators; Frequency modulation; Optical polarization; Optical reflection; Tuning; 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
