Title :
Efficient sources for chip-to-chip to box-to-box communication within data centers
Author :
Coldren, Larry A. ; Chang, Yu-Chia ; Zheng, Yan ; Lin, Chin-Han
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
Vertical-cavity lasers with strained active regions show increased modulation rates and reliability at lower power dissipation. However, their longer wavelength (980-1100 nm) than the standard 850 nm has inhibited their widespread adoption. Given the huge emerging markets for high-speed, high-efficiency data links, should this inhibition be overcome?
Keywords :
computer centres; optical modulation; surface emitting lasers; box-to-box communication; chip-to-chip communication; data centers; high-efficiency data links; high-speed data links; vertical-cavity lasers; wavelength 850 nm; wavelength 980 nm to 1100 nm; Doping; Indium; Industries; Materials; Modulation; Reliability; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Playa del Carmen
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3730-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3731-3
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2010.5553686
