Title :
High speed surface micromachined MEMS tunable VCSEL for telecom wavelengths
Author :
Paul, Sujoy ; Gierl, Christian ; Cesar, Julijan ; Quang Trung Le ; Malekizandi, Mohammadreza ; Kuppers, Franko ; Kogel, Benjamin ; Rosskopf, Jurgen ; Greus, Christoph ; Gorblich, Markus ; Yan Xu ; Neumeyr, Christian ; Ortsiefer, Markus
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Microwave Eng. & Photonics, Tech. Univ. Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
Abstract :
We report direct modulation of a widely tunable surface micromachined MEMS VCSEL. The MEMS is electro-thermally actuated for tuning the emission wavelength over 60 nm with a center wavelength of 1554 nm. Error-free transmission is achieved at 10 Gbit/s for 47 nm tuning range.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; micro-optomechanical devices; micromachining; optical communication equipment; optical modulation; quantum well lasers; surface emitting lasers; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; direct modulation; electrothermal actuation; emission wavelength tuning; error-free transmission; high speed surface micromachined MEMS tunable VCSEL; telecom wavelength; wavelength 1554 nm; Adaptive optics; Bit error rate; Micromechanical devices; Optical modulation; Tuning; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
