DocumentCode :
3164985
Title :
Advances in long-wavelength single-mode VCSELs and packaging approaches for single-mode fiber applications
Author :
Coldren, L.A. ; Hall, E. ; Nakagawa, S.
Author_Institution :
California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
fYear :
2001
fDate :
2001
Firstpage :
858
Lastpage :
863
Abstract :
Within the past year there have been significant improvements in the performance of 1300-1550 nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs), especially with desirable all-lattice matched structures. Perhaps the most promising of these is formed in a single epitaxial growth on InP substrates. Much like their shorter wavelength (850-980 nm) predecessors, grown with all-lattice matched materials on GaAs substrates, these devices promise to provide low-cost, highly manufacturable and reliable sources for fiber optic links, but now in the longer wavelength range, where longer distance, higher data rate transmission is possible. However, such devices still need to be packaged with single-mode fiber to fully realize this potential, and this greatly complicates the nature of the packaging problem, as compared to the earlier low-cost 850 nm gigabit Ethernet modules that used multimode fiber. In this paper we will first review the advances that have occurred with single-crystal VCSELs grown completely lattice matched from various III-V alloys on InP, and we will then explore possible techniques to provide low-cost, high-performance packaging to single-mode fiber
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; semiconductor device packaging; surface emitting lasers; 1300 to 1550 nm; InP; all-lattice matched structures; fiber optic links; high-performance packaging; long-wavelength single-mode VCSELs; packaging approaches; single epitaxial growth; single-mode fiber applications; Epitaxial growth; Gallium arsenide; Indium phosphide; Optical fiber devices; Optical materials; Optical surface waves; Packaging; Substrates; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Electronic Components and Technology Conference, 2001. Proceedings., 51st
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
ISSN :
0569-5503
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7038-4
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ECTC.2001.927892
Filename :
927892
Link To Document :
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