Modal properties of long-wavelength tunable MEMS-VCSELs with curved mirrors: Comparison of experiment and modeling

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 391-399

  Debernardi, Pierluigi ^a   Kögel, Benjamin ^b   Zogal, Karolina ^b   Meissner, Peter ^b   Maute, Markus ^c   Ortsiefer, Markus ^d   Böhm, Gerhard ^e   Amann, Markus Christian ^e  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Firecomms   (Ireland)

^d VERTILAS GMBH   (Germany)

^e WALTER SCHOTTKY INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bragg mirrors; Electromagnetic theory; MEMS; Tunable lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CAVITIES; AIR GAPS; AT WAVELENGTHS; BRAGG MIRRORS; CAVITY RESONANCES; CHIP ASSEMBLIES; COUPLED MODES; CURVED MIRRORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY; GAAS; INP; LONG WAVELENGTHS; MEMS ACTUATIONS; MICRO-ELECTRO MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; MIRROR GEOMETRIES; MODAL FREQUENCIES; MODAL PROPERTIES; THEORETICAL RESULTS; THRESHOLD GAINS; TUNABLE LASERS; TUNING RANGES; VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASER (VCSEL);

ALUMINUM; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; GALLIUM ALLOYS; LASER THEORY; LASER TUNING; LASERS; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROOPTICS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

MIRRORS;

EID: 63449127816     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2007.914773     Document Type: Article

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