Title :
Tunable 1550-nm VCSEL using high contrast gratings
Author :
Rao, Y. ; Chase, C. ; Huang, M.C.Y. ; Khaleghi, S. ; Chitgarha, M.R. ; Ziyadi, M. ; Worland, D.P. ; Willner, A.E. ; Chang-Hasnain, C.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
We report monolithic, tunable 1550-nm HCG-VCSELs with 26.3 nm continuous tuning. Room temperature power of 2.3 mW, 85 °C power of 0.5 mW, and 10 Gb/s direct modulation over 100 km of fiber is demonstrated.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; direct modulation; high contrast gratings; monolithic tunable HCG-VCSEL; power 0.5 mW; power 2.3 mW; room temperature power; temperature 293 K to 298 K; temperature 85 degC; vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; wavelength 1550 nm; Laser tuning; Modulation; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358569
