Title :
Record wide tunable top-emitting VCSELs for LAN applications
Author :
Li, M.Y. ; Yuen, W. ; Li, G.S. ; Chang-Hasnain, C.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
We report a top-emitting, micromechanical VCSEL with 30.8 nm of tuning, the widest continuous tuning range demonstrated by a VCSEL to date. Over the entire tuning range, Ith remains 1.2 mA-3.4 mA and Pout in the mW range
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; optical fibre LAN; optical transmitters; quantum well lasers; surface emitting lasers; 1.2 to 3.4 mA; LAN applications; continuous tuning range; entire tuning range; mW range; record wide tunable top-emitting VCSELs; top-emitting micromechanical VCSEL; Bandwidth; Laser tuning; Local area networks; Micromechanical devices; Optical tuning; Packaging; Tunable circuits and devices; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Voltage; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1997. LEOS '97 10th Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings., IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3895-2
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1997.645497