Tunable 1550nm VCSELs using high contrast grating for next-generation networks

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 9008, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Chase, Christopher ^a   Rao, Yi ^a   Huang, Michael ^a   Chang Hasnain, Connie ^a,b  

^a Bandwidth10 Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

tunable laser; VCSEL; WDM

Indexed keywords

ACCESS NETWORK; COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS; DIRECTLY MODULATED; ERROR FREE OPERATIONS; HIGH CONTRAST GRATING (HCG); HIGH-CONTRAST GRATINGS; MECHANICAL TUNING; WAVELENGTH TUNABLE;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LASER TUNING; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

EID: 84896767693     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2044163     Document Type: Conference Paper

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