Digital communications above 1 Gb/s using 890-nm surface-emitting light-emitting diodes

Author

Akbulut, M. ; Chen, C.H. ; Hargis, M.C. ; Weiner, A.M. ; Melloch, M.R. ; Woodall, J.M.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA

Volume

13

Issue

1

fYear

2001

Firstpage

85

Lastpage

87

Abstract

We report high-speed digital modulation of GaAs-AlGaAs light-emitting diodes. Open eye patterns and bit error rates less than 10/sup -9/ were obtained for data rates from 750 Mb/s to 1.7 Gb/s. These results are the first report, to our knowledge, of error-free digital modulation experiments for LEDs at bit rates above 1 Gb/s.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; digital communication; error statistics; gallium arsenide; high-speed optical techniques; light emitting diodes; optical links; optical modulation; optical transmitters; 750 Mbit/s to 1.7 Gbit/s; 890 nm; GaAs-AlGaAs; GaAs-AlGaAs light-emitting diodes; LED; bit error rate; digital communications; error-free digital modulation experiments; high-speed digital modulation; open eye patterns; surface-emitting light-emitting diodes; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Digital communication; Digital modulation; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Light emitting diodes; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.903229

Filename

903229