Title :
MEMS tunable 1550-nm high contrast grating VCSEL
Author :
Rao, Y. ; Chase, C. ; Huang, M.C.Y. ; Khaleghi, S. ; Chitgarha, M.R. ; Ziyadi, M. ; Worland, D.P. ; Willner, A.E. ; Chang-Hasnain, C.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
We report monolithic, tunable 1550-nm HCG-VCSELs with 16.5 nm continuous mechanical tuning. 7.5 GHz -3dB bandwidth, room-temperature CW power >;3.3 mW, 80 Gbps QPSK and 40-Gbps DPSK fiber transmission under external modulation are demonstrated.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; diffraction gratings; fibre lasers; laser tuning; micro-optics; micromechanical devices; optical modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; DPSK fiber transmission; MEMS; QPSK fiber transmission; WDM system; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; bit rate 80 Gbit/s; continuous mechanical tuning; external modulation; frequency 7.5 GHz; high-contrast grating VCSEL; monolithic tunable HCG-VCSEL; room-temperature CW power; semiconductor lasers; temperature 293 K to 298 K; wavelength 1550 nm; wavelength-division-multiplexed systems; Differential phase shift keying; Micromechanical devices; Optical fiber networks; Phase shift keying; Tuning; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC), 2012 23rd IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0828-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.2012.6348324
