Title :
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
fDate :
5/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
