DocumentCode
376072
Title
Electrically-pumped directly-modulated tunable VCSEL for metro DWDM applications
Author
Yuen, W. ; Li, G.S. ; Nabiev, R.F. ; Jansen, M. ; Davis, D. ; Chang-Hasnain, C.J.
Author_Institution
Bandwidth9 Inc., USA
Volume
1
fYear
2001
fDate
2001
Firstpage
70
Abstract
We report the first electrically pumped tunable VCSELs with continuous tuning in 1530-1620 nm wavelength regime. The VCSELs are directly modulated at 2.5 Gbps (OC-48) rates and show error-free transmissions. Wavelength locking to ITU-grids are accomplished in 200 μs
Keywords
electro-optical modulation; laser transitions; laser tuning; metropolitan area networks; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; 1530 to 1620 nm; 200 mus; ITU-grids; continuous tuning; directly modulated; electrically-pumped directly-modulated tunable VCSEL; error-free transmissions; metro DWDM applications; wavelength locking; wavelength regime; Contacts; Costs; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Optical tuning; Surface emitting lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Voltage; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
ISSN
1092-8081
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7105-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2001.969177
Filename
969177
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