• DocumentCode
    733848
  • 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
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7184290
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=733848