High speed modulation of oxide-confined vertical-cavity lasers

Author

Mar, Alan ; Lear, K.L. ; Choquette, Kent D. ; Kilcoyne, S.P. ; Geib, Kent M.

Author_Institution

Photonics Res. Dept., Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

2-7 June 1996

Firstpage

46

Lastpage

47

Abstract

Summary form only given. Dramatic improvements in the performance of vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) have been achieved in structures utilizing oxidized Al layers for electrical and optical confinement. In this work we demonstrate that oxide-confined InGaAs QW VCSELs also have excellent high-speed modulation properties, with record modulation bandwidths in excess of 16 GHz, indicating their promise for application in data transmission links.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; data communication; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; electro-optical modulation; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; laser cavity resonators; optical fibre communication; optical transmitters; oxidation; quantum well lasers; surface emitting lasers; VCSELs; high speed modulation; optical confinement; oxide-confined vertical-cavity lasers; oxidized Al layers; vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser noise; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Solids; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-443-2

Type

conf

Filename

864340