Efficient CW lasing and high-speed Modulation of 1.3-μm AlGaInAs VCSELs with good high temperature lasing performance

Author

Julian Cheng ; Chan-Long Shieh ; Xiaodong Huang ; Guoli Liu ; Murty, M.V.R. ; Lin, C.C. ; Xu, D.X.

Author_Institution

E20 Commun. Inc., Camarillo, CA, USA

Volume

17

Issue

1

fYear

2005

Firstpage

7

Lastpage

9

Abstract

The 1.31-μm AlGaInAs vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers achieved efficient single-mode (SM) continuous-wave lasing at temperatures up to 120/spl deg/C, with 2.0-mW output power and 31% slope efficiency, as well as multimode (MM) lasing with up to 9-mW output power and up to 39% slope efficiency. High-speed modulation at data rates up to 10 Gb/s and transmission through different lengths of SM and MM fiber are demonstrated.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; data communication; gallium arsenide; high-speed optical techniques; indium compounds; laser cavity resonators; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; 1.3 mum; 10 Gbit/s; 120 degC; 2.0 mW; 9 mW; AlGaInAs; AlGaInAs VCSEL; broadband communication; continuous-wave lasing; data communication; high temperature lasing; high-speed modulation; multimode fiber; multimode lasing; optical fiber communication; semiconductor lasers; single-mode fiber; single-mode lasing; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Fiber lasers; High speed optical techniques; Mirrors; Optical fiber networks; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Surface emitting lasers; Temperature; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Broad-band communication; data communication; optical interconnects; semiconductor lasers; surface-emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2004.837474

Filename

1372565