Title :
VCSEL tolerance to optical feedback for inter-chip optical interconnects
Author :
Chrostowski, L. ; Subrahmanyam, P. Bala ; Zhou, Y. ; Chang-Hasnain, C.J.
Author_Institution :
California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate that optical feedback in single-mode VCSELs only induces a power-penalty with no error-floor, thus enabling the integration of VCSELs without optical isolators, for optical interconnect applications.
Keywords :
laser feedback; laser modes; optical interconnections; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL tolerance; interchip optical interconnects; optical feedback; single-mode VCSEL; High speed optical techniques; Isolators; Laser feedback; Optical attenuators; Optical feedback; Optical interconnections; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference, 2004. Conference Digest. 2004 IEEE 19th International
Conference_Location :
Matsue-shi
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8627-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.2004.1382782
