Title :
Gain-bandwidth product of a VCSEL amplifier
Author :
Kibar, Osman ; Marchand, Philippe J. ; Esener, Sadik C.
Author_Institution :
California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
An analytical expression is presented for the gain-bandwidth product of a VCSEL amplifier, which predicts gain-bandwidth products of up to 80 GHz. Gain measurements have been carried out, and bandwidth measurements will be carried out to test the validity of the theoretical predictions
Keywords :
laser theory; semiconductor device models; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; 80 GHz; VCSEL amplifier; analytical expression; bandwidth measurements; gain-bandwidth product; gain-bandwidth products; Bandwidth; Gain measurement; Optical amplifiers; Optical modulation; Optical solitons; Optical transmitters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Steady-state; Stimulated emission; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1998. LEOS '98. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4947-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1998.739540
