• DocumentCode
    1667788
  • Title

    Modulation energy efficiency of VCSEL and coupled-cavity VCSEL

  • Author

    Chen, Chen ; Choquette, Kent D. ; Plant, David V.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    209
  • Lastpage
    210
  • Abstract
    We measure the energy per bit (EPB) for the 25-Gb/s implanted holey VCSEL and 12-Gb/s coupled-cavity VCSEL, and discuss the possibilities for the VCSEL to achieve a lower EPB for data center and interconnect applications.
  • Keywords
    computer centres; optical communication equipment; optical interconnections; optical modulation; surface emitting lasers; bit rate 25 Gbit/s; coupled cavity VCSEL; data center application; energy per bit; implanted holey VCSEL; interconnect application; modulation energy efficiency; Bandwidth; Cavity resonators; Energy measurement; Measurement by laser beam; Optical modulation; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHOSST.2010.5553688
  • Filename
    5553688