Title :
Electro-thermally tunable 850nm VCSELs with metal/semiconductor thermally actuated mirror
Author :
Nakahama, Masanori ; Sano, Hiroyasu ; Inoue, Shingo ; Matsutani, Akihiro ; Sakaguchi, T. ; Koyama, Fumio
Author_Institution :
Photonics Integration Syst. Res. Center., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama, Japan
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
We report on an electro-thermally tunable 850nm VCSEL, exhibiting a large negative wavelength drift of 2.0nm/K. Continuous and linear wavelength tuning of 25 nm was obtained with heating power of 9.4 mW.
Keywords :
optical tuning; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; continuous wavelength tuning; linear wavelength tuning; metal/semiconductor thermally actuated mirror; power 9.4 mW; vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; wavelength 25 nm; wavelength 850 nm; Cavity resonators; Heating; Metals; Temperature dependence; Temperature measurement; Tuning; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6599976
