High-bit-rate data transmission with short-wavelength oxidized VCSEL's: Toward bias-free operation

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 396-404

  Michalzik, Rainer ^b,c   Schnitzer, Peter ^b,d   Fiedler, Ulrich ^b,c,e,f   Wiedenmann, Dieter ^b   Ebeling, Karl J ^{a,b,c,g,h,i,j}  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d German Physical Society   (Germany)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^h LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

ⁱ Optoelectronics Department   (Germany)

^j OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Bias free modulation; Optical fiber communication; Optical interconnections; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; PROTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES;

VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS (VCSEL);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031108881     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.605684     Document Type: Article

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