3-Gb/s data transmission with GaAs VCSELs over PCB integrated polymer waveguides

Author

Mederer, F. ; Jäger, R. ; Unold, H.J. ; Michalzik, R. ; Ebeling, K.J. ; Lehmacher, S. ; Neyer, A. ; Griese, E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Ulm Univ., Germany

Volume

13

Issue

9

fYear

2001

Firstpage

1032

Lastpage

1034

Abstract

GaAs quantum-well (QW)-based vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) at 855-nm emission wavelength are investigated for intraboard polymer waveguide links. We report a 3-Gb/s pseudorandom bit sequence (PRES) nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ) data transmission over about 5-cm long printed circuit board (PCB) integrated multinode polymer waveguide arrays of two different geometries at bit-error rates (BERs) of less than 10/sup -11/.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; data communication; error statistics; gallium arsenide; laser beam applications; optical interconnections; optical links; optical waveguides; printed circuits; quantum well lasers; surface emitting lasers; 3 Gbit/s; 5 cm; 855 nm; BER; GaAs; GaAs VCSELs; Gbit/s data transmission; NRZ data transmission; PCB integrated polymer waveguides; QW-based VCSEL; bit-error rates; integrated multinode polymer waveguide arrays; intraboard polymer waveguide links; nonreturn-to-zero data transmission; printed circuit board; pseudorandom bit sequence; quantum-well-based VCSEL; surface-emitting lasers; vertical-cavity lasers; Data communication; Gallium arsenide; Optical signal processing; Polymers; Printed circuits; Quantum well lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Surface waves; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Waveguide lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.942684

Filename

942684