High-speed modulation of low-temperature optimised vertical-cavity lasers over 77–300 K temperature range

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The authors report high speed studies of packaged, low-temperature optimised vertical-cavity lasers. The small-signal modulation bandwidths in the range 8.2–9.3 GHz are demonstrated for a 5.4 µm diameter laser with very low drive currents over the 77–300 K temperature range.

Inspec keywords: quantum well lasers; electro-optical modulation; optical transmitters; high-speed optical techniques; optimisation; semiconductor device packaging

Other keywords: 77 to 300 K; high-speed modulation; small-signal modulation; very low drive currents; low-temperature optimised vertical-cavity lasers; packaged low-temperature optimised single quantum well vertical-cavity laser diodes; 8.2 to 9.3 GHz; temperature range; high speed studies; 5.4 mum

Subjects: Packaging; Optical communication devices, equipment and systems; Optoelectronics manufacturing; Electro-optical devices; Optimisation techniques; Semiconductor lasers; Laser beam modulation, pulsing and switching; mode locking and tuning; Product packaging; Lasing action in semiconductors; Optical communication; Ultrafast optical techniques; Optimisation

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