• DocumentCode
    2404038
  • Title

    Simulation for efficient Germanium VCSEL for optical interconnects

  • Author

    Nam, Donguk ; Sukhdeo, Devanand ; Edwards, Elizabeth ; Miller, David ; Saraswat, Krishna

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    20-23 May 2012
  • Firstpage
    58
  • Lastpage
    59
  • Abstract
    We proposed a VCSEL design using a highly strained germanium membrane as the gain medium. Simulations show that the lasing threshold can be reduced more than a factor of 3 with 1% tensile strain.
  • Keywords
    germanium; optical interconnections; surface emitting lasers; Ge; VCSEL; optical interconnects; vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Optical reflection; Silicon; Silicon germanium; Tensile strain; Time domain analysis; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; FDTD; Tight-binding model; Transfer matrix method; VCSEL;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Interconnects Conference, 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Santa Fe, NM
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1620-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OIC.2012.6224448
  • Filename
    6224448
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2404038