• DocumentCode
    2992582
  • Title

    Tunable optical equalizer based on 1.55 μm VCSEL for modulation bandwidth enhancement

  • Author

    Suda, Satoshi ; Zhao, Xiaoxue ; Koyama, Fumio ; Chang-Hasnain, Connie J. ; Nishiyama, Nobuhiko ; Caneau, Catherine ; Zah, Chung-en

  • Author_Institution
    Microsyst. Res. Center, Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    14-18 Sept. 2008
  • Firstpage
    179
  • Lastpage
    180
  • Abstract
    We propose and demonstrate the tunable optical equalization function using a 1.55 mum VCSEL biased below threshold. Bandwidth enhancement can be tuned by bias current. A modulation bandwidth beyond 70 GHz was obtained on LiNbO3 modulators.
  • Keywords
    electro-optical modulation; equalisers; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; lithium compounds; niobium compounds; optical communication equipment; surface emitting lasers; LiNbO3; LiNbO3 modulator; VCSEL; bias current; modulation bandwidth enhancement; tunable optical equalizer; wavelength 1.55 mum; Bandwidth; Equalizers; High speed optical techniques; Light sources; Optical losses; Optical modulation; Optical reflection; Semiconductor lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Semiconductor Laser Conference, 2008. ISLC 2008. IEEE 21st International
  • Conference_Location
    Sorrento
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1782-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1783-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISLC.2008.4636068
  • Filename
    4636068