Title :
Key challenges and results of VCSELs in data links
Author :
Lebby, Michael ; Gaw, Craig A. ; Jiang, Wenbin ; Kiely, P.A. ; Claisse, P.R. ; Grula, Jerry
Author_Institution :
Photonics Technol. Center, Motorola Inc., Tempe, AZ, USA
Abstract :
In summary, GaAs based VCSELs have been shown to be high performance laser diodes which can be manufactured using standard high volume semiconductor manufacturing techniques. By careful attention to parasitics in the device and package design very high speed devices can be manufactured.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; laser cavity resonators; optical transmitters; semiconductor device packaging; semiconductor lasers; semiconductor technology; surface emitting lasers; GaAs; GaAs based VCSELs; data links; high performance laser diodes; manufacture; optical transmitters; package design; parasitics; standard high volume semiconductor manufacturing techniques; very high speed devices; Costs; Fiber lasers; Optical arrays; Optical interconnections; Optical modulation; Optical waveguides; Power system interconnection; Surface emitting lasers; Threshold current; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1996. LEOS 96., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3160-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1996.571604
