10-Gbit/s VCSELs for datacom: devices and applications

Dominique Vez; Sven Eitel; Stephan G. Hunziker; Grant Knight; Michael Moser; Rainer Hoevel; Hans-Peter Gauggel; Marcel Brunner; Albert Hold; Karlheinz H. Gulden

doi:10.1117/12.476223

15 April 2003 10 Gbit/s VCSELs for datacom: devices and applications

Dominique Vez, Sven Eitel, Stephan G. Hunziker, Grant Knight, Michael Moser, Rainer Hoevel, Hans-Peter Gauggel, Marcel Brunner, Albert Hold, Karlheinz H. Gulden

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Proceedings Volume 4942, VCSELs and Optical Interconnects; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.476223
Event: Photonics Fabrication Europe, 2002, Bruges, Belgium

Abstract

High data-rate communication links are placing increasing demands on the performance and cost of semiconductor-laser diodes. Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) are ideal light sources for 10 Gbit/s applications. At Avalon Photonics Ltd., high-performance multimode VCSELs and VCSEL arrays are developed and fabricated for applications in low-cost fiber-optic communication links. An overview of static and dynamic characteristics of oxide-confined 850 nm VCSELs with data rates of 10 Gbit/s is presented. These 10 Gbit/s VCSELs are developed for the next generation 10 Gigabit Ethernet standard. Results show low threshold, high temperature operation, high modulation efficiency, short rise and fall times, and well-open eye-diagrams at different temperatures. Transmission over 600 m high-bandwidth multimode fiber at 10 Gbit/s is demonstrated. Mainly due to their low noise level and high linearity, these state-of-the-art devices are also well suited for transparent fiber-optic links using subcarrier multiplexed modulation schemes. Spurious-free dynamic ranges greater than 100 dBHz2/3 are reported.

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Dominique Vez, Sven Eitel, Stephan G. Hunziker, Grant Knight, Michael Moser, Rainer Hoevel, Hans-Peter Gauggel, Marcel Brunner, Albert Hold, and Karlheinz H. Gulden "10 Gbit/s VCSELs for datacom: devices and applications", Proc. SPIE 4942, VCSELs and Optical Interconnects, (15 April 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.476223

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