DocumentCode
1109675
Title
Efficient long wavelength AlGaInAs vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers for coarse WDM applications over multimode fibre
Author
Cheng, J. ; Shieh, C.L. ; Huang, X.D. ; Liu, G.L. ; Murty, M.V.R. ; Lin, C.-C. ; Xu, D.X.
Author_Institution
E20 Commun. Inc., Camarillo, CA, USA
Volume
40
Issue
19
fYear
2004
Firstpage
1184
Lastpage
1185
Abstract
Novel AlGaInAs VCSELs have been fabricated for coarse wavelength division multiplexing over multimode fibre at wavelengths of 1275, 1300, 1325 and 1350 nm. Efficient monomode lasing (>2.0 mW power, 31% efficiency) and multimode lasing (up to 9 mW power, 39% efficiency) are reported, along with 3.125 and 10 Gbit/s modulation to 85°C.
Keywords
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; surface emitting lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 1275 nm; 1300 nm; 1325 nm; 1350 nm; 3.125 Gbit/s; 85 degC; AlGaInAs; AlGaInAs vertical-cavity surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; WDM applications; modulation; monomode lasing; multimode fibre; multimode lasing; wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20045810
Filename
1336640
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