Theoretical vs. Experimental Results of 1.55μm MEMS-VCSELs

Author

Debernardi, P. ; Kogel, B. ; Meissner, P. ; Bohm, G. ; Amann, M.-C.

Author_Institution

IEIIT-CNR, Turin

Volume

2

fYear

2007

fDate

1-5 July 2007

Firstpage

38

Lastpage

39

Abstract

The paper presents comparisons of modeling and experiments to analyze and optimize MEMS-tunable vertical- cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) operating at wavelengths around 1.55 mum. The experimental findings are compared with the theoretical results provided by VELM, an efficient code based on the coupled mode model and adapted for the first time to handle curved-mirror geometries.

Keywords

laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; micromechanical devices; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; MEMS; coupled mode model; curved-mirror geometry; size 1.55 micron; tunable semiconductor laser; tunable vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Fiber lasers; Gas lasers; Laser modes; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Micromechanical devices; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; 1.55Â¿m VCSELs; MEMS; VCSEL modeling; tunable semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2007. ICTON '07. 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

1-4244-1249-8

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-1249-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2007.4296134

Filename

4296134