Title :
Broadband self-swept high contrast grating VCSEL
Author :
Gerke, S. Adair ; Weijian Yang ; Kar Wei Ng ; Chase, Christopher ; Yi Rao ; Chang-Hasnain, Connie
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a 1550-nm broadband self-swept VCSEL with 23-nm wavelength range at 131 kHz sweep rate. The mechanical oscillation of the ultra-lightweight HCG top mirror is excited optomechanically by photons inside the lasing cavity.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; laser beams; laser mirrors; surface emitting lasers; broadband self-swept high contrast grating VCSEL; frequency 131 kHz; lasing cavity; mechanical oscillation; ultralightweight HCG top mirror; wavelength 1550 nm; wavelength 23 nm; Broadband communication; Cavity resonators; Gratings; Mirrors; Oscillators; Tuning; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
