Continuously tunable long-wavelength MEMS-VCSEL with over 40-nm tuning range

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2212-2214

  Riemenschneider, F ^a,b   Maute, M ^c   Halbritter, H ^a,b   Boehm, G ^c   Amann, M C ^c   Meissner, P ^a,b  

^a Two Chip Photonics AG   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c WALTER SCHOTTKY INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROTHERMAL WAVELENGTH MODULATION; SIDEMODE SUPPRESSION RATIO; TUNABLE LASERS; TUNING RANGE; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER (VCSEL);

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; LASER TUNING; LIGHT MODULATION; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MIRRORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL PUMPING;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 5444220137     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.833885     Document Type: Article

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