Title :
Polarization dependent emission behavior of VCSELs at 3 Gbit/s data rate transmission
Author :
Fiedler, U. ; Reiner, G. ; Schnitzer, P. ; Ebeling, K.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Optoelectron., Ulm Univ., Germany
fDate :
30 Oct-2 Nov 1995
Abstract :
A clear impact on bit error rate behavior in 3 Gbit/s data transmission and emission characteristics of VCSELs grown in the ⟨100⟩ direction under optical feedback with polarization control has been shown. Applying polarization controlled feedback to a solitary linearly polarized oscillating VCSEL can either lead to stable linearly polarized light emission or to unstable optical output on two orthogonal modes. Compared to back to back testing the power penalty at a bit error rate of 10-9 for -15 dB feedback is 0.3 dB or 2.5 dB depending on the polarization of the light fed back into the laser cavity. The results indicate that polarization control in the VCSEL is essential for stable light emission
Keywords :
laser feedback; light polarisation; optical communication equipment; surface emitting lasers; 3 Gbit/s; VCSELs; bit error rate; data rate transmission; linearly polarized light emission; optical feedback; orthogonal modes; polarization control; power penalty; stability; Bit error rate; Data communication; Laser feedback; Lighting control; Linear feedback control systems; Optical control; Optical feedback; Optical polarization; Output feedback; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1995. 8th Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, Volume 1., IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2450-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1995.484785
