Error-Free Transmission Over 1-km OM4 Multimode Fiber at 25 Gb/s Using a Single Mode Photonic Crystal Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser

Author

Meng Peun Tan ; Fryslie, Stewart Thomas McKee ; Lott, James A. ; Ledentsov, Nikolay N. ; Bimberg, Dieter ; Choquette, Kent D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA

Volume

25

Issue

18

fYear

2013

fDate

Sept.15, 2013

Firstpage

1823

Lastpage

1825

Abstract

With the separation of optical and current apertures, photonic crystal vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers can reach a 3-dB small-signal modulation bandwidth of > 18 GHz while lasing in the fundamental mode. Because of reduced chromatic dispersion, such devices enable error-free transmission over 1-km OM4 multimode fiber at a data rate of 25 Gb/s and operating at a current density of 5.4 kA/cm². This can potentially lead to a laser source that is useful for rack-to-rack transmissions in large data centers and potentially long device lifetime.

Keywords

current density; laser cavity resonators; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; surface emitting lasers; OM4 multimode fiber; bit rate 25 Gbit/s; current aperture; current density; distance 1 km; error-free transmission; laser source; noise figure 3 dB; optical aperture; rack-to-rack transmissions; reduced chromatic dispersion; single mode photonic crystal vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser; small-signal modulation bandwidth; Apertures; Modulation; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Photonic crystals; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Direct modulation; multimode fiber; photonic crystal; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2013.2275351

Filename

6571212