Title :
Controlled temperature dependence of lasing wavelength of VCSELs with a thermally actuated cantilever
Author :
Sano, Hayato ; Nakata, Norihiko ; Matsutani, Akihiro ; Koyama, Fumio
Author_Institution :
Photonics Integration Syst. Res. Center, Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate the first widely controlled temperature dependence of lasing wavelength of VCSELs using a thermally actuated cantilever. The temperature dependence of wavelengths is successfully controlled from -0.15nm/K to 0.32nm/K.
Keywords :
cantilevers; laser cavity resonators; optical control; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; temperature control; VCSEL; lasing wavelength; temperature control; thermally actuated cantilever; Micromechanical devices; Temperature; Temperature dependence; Temperature measurement; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC), 2010 22nd IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5683-3
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.2010.5642701
