• DocumentCode
    2753712
  • Title

    Giant wavelength-temperature dependence and electro-thermal tuning of MEMS VCSEL

  • Author

    Nakahama, Masanori ; Nakata, Norihiko ; Sano, Hayato ; Matsutani, Akihiro ; Koyama, Fumio

  • Author_Institution
    Photonics Integration Syst. Res. Center, Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama, Japan
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    9-13 Oct. 2011
  • Firstpage
    913
  • Lastpage
    914
  • Abstract
    We present the giant wavelength-temperature dependence and the electro-thermal tuning of a MEMS VCSEL with a thermally actuated SiO2/semiconductor cantilever. A tuning range of 4.7 nm is obtained with heating power of 29 mW.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; cantilevers; gallium arsenide; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; micro-optomechanical devices; quantum well lasers; surface emitting lasers; thermo-optical effects; MEMS VCSEL; SiO2-AlGaAs-AlGaAs-GaAs; cantilever; electrothermal tuning; giant wavelength-temperature dependence; power 29 mW; wavelength 4.7 nm; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Heating; Micromechanical devices; Temperature dependence; Tuning; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Arlington, VA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8940-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHO.2011.6110856
  • Filename
    6110856