High power MEMs-tunable vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

Author

Knopp, K.J. ; Vakhshoori, D. ; Wang, P.D. ; Azimi, M. ; Jiang, M. ; Chen, P. ; Matsui, Y. ; McCallion, K. ; Baliga, A. ; Sakhitab, F. ; Letsch, M. ; Johnson, B. ; Huang, R. ; Jean, A. ; DeLargy, B. ; Pinzone, C. ; Fan, F. ; Liu, J. ; Lu, C. ; Zhou, J. ; Z

Author_Institution

Nortel Networks, Wilmington, MA, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

July 30 2001-Aug. 1 2001

Abstract

The technology is based on a micro-electromechanical vertical-cavity tunable laser that is optically pumped by a co-packaged 1310 nm pump source and controlled by a co-packaged broadband wavelength locker and power monitor. A schematic of the MEM-VCSEL device discussed in this work. The spot size of the fundamental lasing mode is measured to be -10 μm Single-mode operation is obtained for all pump powers across the tuning range.

Keywords

laser modes; laser transitions; laser tuning; micro-optics; micromechanical devices; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; 10 mum; 1310 nm; MEM-VCSEL device; co-packaged; co-packaged broadband wavelength locker; fundamental lasing mode; high power MEMs-tunable vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers; micro-electromechanical vertical-cavity tunable laser; optically pumped; power monitor; pump powers; pump source; single-mode operation; tuning range; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Optical control; Optical pumping; Optical surface waves; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Semiconductor Lasers and Applications/Ultraviolet and Blue Lasers and Their Applications/Ultralong Haul DWDM Transmission and Networking/WDM Components, 2001. Digest of the LEOS Summer Topica

Conference_Location

Copper Mountain, CO, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7100-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOSST.2001.941898

Filename

941898