• 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