• DocumentCode
    2966332
  • Title

    Tunable VCSEL with a ultra thin high contrast grating for fast tuning with large fabrication tolerance

  • Author

    Chase, Christopher ; Zhou, Ye ; Huang, Michael ; Chang-Hasnain, Connie

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    2-15 Aug. 2008
  • Firstpage
    245
  • Lastpage
    246
  • Abstract
    A wavelength tunable VCSEL utilizing an ultra thin, 145 nm high contrast grating with a large fabrication tolerance is presented. Single mode operation with a fast tuning speed of ~60 ns is experimentally demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    laser tuning; surface emitting lasers; fabrication tolerance; laser tuning; size 145 nm; vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Chemical lasers; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Fabrication; Gratings; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Optical tuning; Surface emitting lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nano-Optoelectronics Workshop, 2008. i-NOW 2008. International
  • Conference_Location
    Shonan Village
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2656-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/INOW.2008.4634529
  • Filename
    4634529