DocumentCode
499919
Title
Impact of high contrast grating size in tunable VCSELs
Author
Chase, Christopher ; Zhou, Ye ; Chang-Hasnain, Connie J.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
fYear
2009
fDate
2-4 June 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We show the effects of shrinking the high contrast grating size on a wavelength-tunable VCSEL experimentally and theoretically. With a grating having only 4 periods, we demonstrate the fastest tunable VCSEL with speed >25 MHz.
Keywords
diffraction gratings; high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; surface emitting lasers; high-contrast grating size; high-speed tuning; vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; wavelength-tunable VCSEL; Apertures; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Gas lasers; Gratings; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Optical tuning; Reflectivity; Tunable circuits and devices; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; (050.2770) Gratings; (140.3600) Tunable Laser; (250.7250) Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-869-8
Type
conf
Filename
5225289
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