Title :
Micromechanic effects and their impact on the characteristics of MEMS-tunable lasers
Author :
Halbritter, H. ; Sydlo, C. ; Kögel, B. ; Riemenschneider, F. ; Jatta, S. ; Hartnagel, H.L. ; Meissner, P.
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Hochfrequenztechnik, Technische Univ. Darmstadt
Abstract :
The impact of micromechanic effects, e.g. thermal noise and radiation pressure on the performance of MEMS-tunable lasers are studied in theory and verified for the first time by the parameters linewidth and chirp
Keywords :
chirp modulation; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; micro-optomechanical devices; radiation pressure; surface emitting lasers; thermal noise; MEMS-tunable lasers characteristics; VCSEL; laser chirp; micromechanic effects; parameters linewidth; radiation pressure; thermal noise; Chirp; Fluctuations; Frequency; Laser noise; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Surface emitting lasers; Thermal expansion; Tunable circuits and devices; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical MEMS and Their Applications Conference, 2006. IEEE/LEOS International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9562-X
DOI :
10.1109/OMEMS.2006.1708293
