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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Nano-Optoelectronics Workshop, 2008. i-NOW 2008. International
Conference_Location :
Shonan Village
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2656-0
DOI :
10.1109/INOW.2008.4634529
