Title :
High performance uncooled 1.3 μm VCSELs for RF-over-fiber applications
Author :
Hartmann, P. ; Qian, X. ; Penty, R.V. ; White, I.H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Cambridge Univ., UK
Abstract :
Uncooled directly-modulated 1.3 μm VCSELs are shown to exhibit dynamic range, linearity and noise performance required for wireless LAN applications. A multimode fiber based WLAN 802.11 b system shows performances comparable to systems with state-of-the-art DFB lasers.
Keywords :
IEEE standards; laser noise; microwave photonics; optical fibre LAN; optical modulation; optical transmitters; radio-over-fibre; surface emitting lasers; wireless LAN; 1.3 micron; IEEE 802.11 b system; RF-over-fiber applications; dynamic range; multimode fiber-based WLAN system; noise performance; uncooled directly-modulated VCSEL; Diode lasers; Dynamic range; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser noise; Linearity; Surface emitting lasers; Temperature; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Wireless LAN;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201698
