Title :
Time to failure analysis of single mode long-wavelength InGaAsP vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers
Author :
Naeemi, Mohamad Ali ; Marjani, Saeid ; Peiravi, Ali
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Ferdowsi Univ. of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
Abstract :
In this paper, we investigate the time to failure (tf) analysis of a Single Mode 1.55 μm InGaAsP vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) with two different electrical confinement structures. The electrical confinement introduced by the oxide aperture or air-posted design are compared with conventional structure. Air-posted VCSEL shows an average of 7.43X and 19.83X Improvement in time to failure than that of the similar oxide confined and conventional VCSEL, respectively. This paper provides key results of the device characteristics, including the DC V-I, junction temperature as a function of the optical power and the time to failure vs. junction temperature. Results suggest that the 1.55 μm InGaAsP air-posted VCSEL seems to be the most optimal choice for light sources in high reliability optical communication systems.
Keywords :
arsenic compounds; failure analysis; gallium compounds; indium compounds; surface emitting lasers; InGaAsP; VCSEL; electrical confinement; failure analysis; light sources; optical communication systems; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers; wavelength 1.55 mum; Heating; Junctions; Mathematical model; Optical refraction; Optical surface waves; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; InGaAsP; Long-wavelength; Time to failure; VCSEL;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical Engineering (ICEE), 2014 22nd Iranian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tehran
DOI :
10.1109/IranianCEE.2014.6999500
