10-Gb/s direct modulation of widely tunable 1550-nm MEMS VCSEL

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 436-443

  Paul, Sujoy ^a   Gierl, Christian ^a   Cesar, Julijan ^a   Le, Quang Trung ^a   Malekizandi, Mohammadreza ^a   Kögel, Benjamin ^b   Neumeyr, Christian ^b   Ortsiefer, Markus ^b   Küppers, Franko ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b VERTILAS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Direct modulation; Electro thermal tuning; Micro electro mechanical system (MEMS); Optical communication; Surface micromachining; Tunable; Vertical cavity surfaceemitting laser (VCSEL)

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; MOEMS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PLASMA CVD; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS; SURFACE MICROMACHINING; TUNING;

BACK-TO-BACK LINKS; DIRECT MODULATION; ELECTROTHERMAL ACTUATION; LOW TEMPERATURE PLASMAS; MICRO ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM (MEMS); SMALL-SIGNAL MODULATION RESPONSE; THERMAL TUNING; TUNABLE;

MODULATION;

EID: 84929340136     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: 15584542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2015.2418218     Document Type: Article

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