DocumentCode
1792471
Title
Ultrafast electrical polarization modulation in VCSEL with asymmetric current injection
Author
Barve, A.V. ; Mehta, A. ; Husain, Anis ; Coldren, Larry
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
fYear
2014
fDate
4-7 May 2014
Firstpage
91
Lastpage
92
Abstract
We report on the use of asymmetric current injection to electrically switch between the orthogonal linear polarization modes of VCSELs using a four terminal architecture. A record high electrical polarization modulation speed of 4Gb/s has been obtained.
Keywords
high-speed optical techniques; laser modes; light polarisation; optical modulation; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; asymmetric current injection; bit rate 4 Gbit/s; electrical polarization modulation speed; electrical switching; orthogonal linear polarization modes; terminal architecture; ultrafast electrical polarization modulation; Current measurement; Modulation; Optical switches; Photonics; Power measurement; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Interconnects Conference, 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-2467-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OIC.2014.6886094
Filename
6886094
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