Title :
Novel vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers with integrated optical beam router
Author :
Fan, L. ; Wu, M.C. ; Lee, H.C. ; Grodzinski, P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
fDate :
4/27/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A novel vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) with integrated optical beam router is reported. The output beam of the VCSEL has been steered by as much as 9.6° away from the surface-normal direction. Integration of the beam routers with VCSELs significantly reduces the complexity and size of the switching nodes. This device is useful for ultra-dense optical interconnects in massively parallel computers
Keywords :
distributed Bragg reflector lasers; integrated optics; laser cavity resonators; optical interconnections; quantum well lasers; surface emitting lasers; DBR mirrors; VCSEL; integrated optical beam router; massively parallel computers; surface-emitting lasers; switching nodes; ultra-dense optical interconnects; vertical-cavity SEL;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19950514
