Title :
Athermal and tunable operations of 850 nm VCSEL with thermally actuated cantilever structure
Author :
Sano, Hayato ; Matsutani, Akihiro ; Koyama, Fumio
Author_Institution :
Microsyst. Res. Center, Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We present the first demonstration of athermal and tunable operations of VCSELs using a thermally actuated cantilever for compensating the temperature dependence of wavelength. The temperature dependence is as low as 0.002 nm/K and the wavelength tuning of 1 nm is obtained.
Keywords :
cantilevers; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; thermally actuated cantilever structure; tunable operations; wavelength 850 nm; Quadratic programming; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1
