Title :
Micromechanically tunable air gap resonators for long wavelength VCSEL´s
Author :
Romer, F. ; Prott, C. ; Daleiden, J. ; Irmer, S. ; Strassner, M. ; Tarraf, Ahmed ; Hillmer, H.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Microstructure Technol. & Analytics, Kassel Univ., Germany
Abstract :
An air gap cavity concept for obtaining widely tunable VCSEL´s is presented. The Bragg mirrors forming the resonator are based on semiconductor/air layers or dielectric materials.
Keywords :
laser mirrors; laser tuning; microcavity lasers; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; Bragg mirrors; DWDM systems; air gap cavity concept; dielectric materials; long wavelength VCSEL´s; micromechanically tunable air gap resonators; semiconductor/air layers; widely tunable VCSEL´s; Biomembranes; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical tuning; Optical variables control; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference, 2002. IEEE 18th International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7598-X
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.2002.1041095
