Title :
Modulation Characteristics of Single-Mode Implant-Confined Photonic Crystal VCSELs
Author :
Leisher, Paul O. ; Chen, Chen ; Sulkin, Joshua D. ; Alias, Mohd Sharizal Bin ; Sharif, Khairul Anuar Mat ; Choquette, Kent D.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Illinois - Champaign-Urbana, Urbana
Abstract :
Implant-confined VCSELs are fabricated with coplanar contacts on polyimide. Photonic crystals are etched into the top facet to stabilize the fundamental mode and improve performance. Optimized devices exhibit a record 15 GHz small-signal modulation bandwidth.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser modes; optical modulation; photonic crystals; solid lasers; surface emitting lasers; bandwidth 15 GHz; coplanar contacts; fundamental mode stabilization; implant-confined VCSEL; modulation characteristics; photonic crystal; polyimide; single-mode lasers; small-signal modulation; Apertures; Bandwidth; Etching; High speed optical techniques; Implants; Laser modes; Optical modulation; Photonic crystals; Polyimides; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453110
