Bias-free 1-Gb/s data transmission using top vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser diodes

Author

Schnitzer, P. ; Fiedler, U. ; Reiner, G. ; Weigl, B. ; Zick, W. ; Ebeling, K.J.

Author_Institution

Ulm Univ., Germany

Volume

9

Issue

5

fYear

1997

fDate

5/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

693

Lastpage

695

Abstract

Slightly elliptically shaped high-performance InGaAs (/spl lambda/=980 mn) oxide-confined, top vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSEL´s) with stable linearly polarized output are used to transmit 1 Gb/s pseudorandom bit sequences with 2/sup 31/-1 wordlength under bias-free current modulation over 1.5 km of graded index multimode fiber. Although a turn-on delay of 400 ps is observed the received power for a bit-error rate of 10/sup -11/ is as low as -27 dBm including 2 dB penalty due to fiber dispersion.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; delays; electro-optical modulation; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; infrared sources; laser cavity resonators; laser transitions; optical fibre communication; optical transmitters; quantum well lasers; surface emitting lasers; 1 Gbit/s; 1.5 km; 400 ps; 980 nm; Gb/s pseudorandom bit sequences; InGaAs; InGaAs oxide-confined top vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers; VCSEL; bias-free 1-Gb/s data transmission; bias-free current modulation; bit-error rate; fiber dispersion; graded index multimode fiber; received power; slightly elliptically shaped high-performance laser diodes; stable linearly polarized output; top vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser diodes; turn-on delay; wordlength; Bit error rate; Data communication; Delay; Diode lasers; Fiber lasers; Indium gallium arsenide; Laser stability; Optical fiber polarization; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.588215

Filename

588215