Title :
Mechanical properties of a movable micro-mirror membrane for electrostatically tunable optical filters and vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers
Author :
Gierl, C. ; Cole, G.D. ; Kögel, B. ; Jatta, S. ; Zogal, K. ; Davani, H. ; Meissner, P.
Author_Institution :
FG Optische Nachrichtentechnik, Tech. Univ. Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
Abstract :
Wavelength-tunable vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSEL) with a central wavelenght at 1.55mum can be used e.g. for gas sensing applications. A VCSEL is an ideal laser source because of its inherent longitudinal singlemode behaviour, low power consumption, compactness and high-speed modulation capability.
Keywords :
micromirrors; optical filters; optical tuning; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; electrostatically tunable optical filters; gas sensing applications; high-speed modulation; laser source; low power consumption; mechanical properties; movable micro-mirror membrane; wavelength 1.55 mum; wavelength-tunable vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers; Biomembranes; Gas lasers; Mechanical factors; Optical filters; Optical surface waves; Power lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Surface waves; Tunable circuits and devices; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4079-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4080-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192925
