DocumentCode
902383
Title
1.55- 
m VCSEL Modulation Performance With Dispersion-Compensating Fibers
Author
Hofmann, W. ; Grüner-Nielsen, L. ; Rönneberg, E. ; Böhm, G. ; Ortsiefer, M. ; Amann, M.-C.
Author_Institution
Walter Schottky Inst., Tech. Univ. Munchen, Garching, Germany
Volume
21
Issue
15
fYear
2009
Firstpage
1072
Lastpage
1074
Abstract
Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) at 1.55 mum provide high modulation bandwidth and low attenuation at a low cost. Like other directly modulated lasers, laser chirp limits the link length in standard single-mode fibers at high data rates and fiber dispersion causes bit-error-rate (BER) penalty. This can be overcome by dispersion-compensating fibers (DCFs). This letter investigates the modulation performance of monolithically grown 1.55-mum VCSELs utilizing a DCF to boost the possible link length. Data-transmission experiments are performed at 10 Gb/s and dispersion-dependent BER performance is presented for the first time for this type of laser.
Keywords
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; chirp modulation; gallium compounds; indium compounds; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical transmitters; quantum well lasers; semiconductor growth; surface emitting lasers; InGaAlAs-InAlAs; VCSEL modulation; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; data-transmission experiment; dispersion-compensating fiber; dispersion-dependent BER performance; laser chirp; optical fiber communication; quantum well laser; single-mode fiber dispersion; vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser; wavelength 1.55 mum; Optical fiber communication; optical fiber dispersion; semiconductor lasers; vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL);
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LPT.2009.2022647
Filename
4957007
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