Title :
Ageing studies on red-emitting VCSELs for polymer optical fibre applications
Author :
Sale, T.E. ; Lancefield, D. ; Corbett, B. ; Justice, J.
Author_Institution :
Adv. Technol. Inst., Surrey Univ., Guildford, UK
Abstract :
The paper reports on the development of VCSELs emitting near to 650 nm for low cost links employing PMMA based polymer optical fibre (POF). AlGaInP/AlGaAs VCSELs are fabricated on wafers from two different MOCVD sources. Accelerated ageing tests are done for the two types of devices.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; ageing; aluminium compounds; gallium compounds; indium compounds; optical communication equipment; optical polymers; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; AlGaInP-AlGaAs; AlGaInP/AlGaAs VCSEL; MOCVD sources; PMMA; ageing studies; polymer optical fibre; red-emitting VCSEL; Aging; Degradation; Optical design; Optical devices; Optical fiber applications; Optical fibers; Optical polymers; Power generation; Temperature; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference, 2004. Conference Digest. 2004 IEEE 19th International
Conference_Location :
Matsue-shi
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8627-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.2004.1382762
