Ultrahigh-speed electrooptically-modulated VCSELs: Modeling and experimental results

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6889, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Shchukin, V A ^a,b,c   Ledentsov, N N ^a,b,c   Lott, J A ^a   Quast, H ^a   Hopfer, F ^b   Karachinsky, L Ya ^b,c   Kuntz, M ^b   Moser, P ^b   Mutig, A ^b   Strittmatter, A ^b   Kalosha, V P ^d   Bimberg, D ^b  

^a VI SYSTEMS GMBH   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrooptic effect; Electrooptic modulator; High speed modulation; Quantum confined Stark effect; Semiconductor laser; Surface emitting lasers

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; MODULATORS; STARK EFFECT; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

ELECTROOPTIC MODULATORS; HIGH SPEED MODULATION; MIRROR TRANSMITTANCE; QUANTUM CONFINED STARK EFFECTS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 41149154823     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.784371     Document Type: Conference Paper

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