Title :
Modulation of spatial intensity distribution of laterally coupled twin VCSELs
Author :
Dalir, Hamed ; Matsutani, Akihiro ; Koyama, Fumio
Author_Institution :
Photonics Integration Syst. Res. Center, Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama, Japan
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
We propose a twin coupled cavities VCSELs using a bow-tie shape connection for increasing the modulation bandwidth. The electrical modulation of spatial intensity distribution offers large modulation bandwidth beyond the relaxation oscillation frequency limit.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; optical modulation; quantum well lasers; surface emitting lasers; bow-tie shape connection; electrical modulation; laterally coupled twin VCSEL; modulation bandwidth; relaxation oscillation frequency limit; spatial intensity distribution; twin coupled cavities; Bandwidth; Cavity resonators; Frequency modulation; Optical coupling; Photonics; 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.2013.6600367
