Title :
Heterogeneously integrated long-wavelength VCSEL using high-contrast grating on silicon
Author :
Ferrara, James ; Weijian Yang ; Li Zhu ; Chang-Hasnain, Connie J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
We report an electrically pumped AlGaInAs-silicon VCSEL using a high-contrast grating reflector on silicon. CW output power >1.5 mW, thermal resistance of 1.46 K/mW, and 5 Gb/s direct modulation is demonstrated.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; diffraction gratings; elemental semiconductors; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; laser cavity resonators; optical elements; optical modulation; optical pumping; silicon; surface emitting lasers; thermal resistance; AlGaInAs-Si; CW output power; bit rate 5 Gbit/s; direct modulation; electrically pumped AIGaInAs-silicon VCSEL; heterogeneously integrated VCSEL; high-contrast grating reflector; long-wavelength VCSEL; thermal resistance; Films; Gratings; Mirrors; Modulation; Optical fiber devices; Silicon; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
