Energy-efficient vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) for "green" data and computer communication

Philip Moser; James A. Lott; Philip Wolf; Gunter Larisch; Alexey Payusov; Gerrit Fiol; Nikolay N. Ledentsov; Werner Hofmann; Dieter Bimberg

doi:10.1117/12.906856

7 February 2012 Energy-efficient vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) for "green" data and computer communication

Philip Moser, James A. Lott, Philip Wolf, Gunter Larisch, Alexey Payusov, Gerrit Fiol, Nikolay N. Ledentsov, Werner Hofmann, Dieter Bimberg

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Proceedings Volume 8276, Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers XVI; 82760J (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.906856
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2012, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Record energy-efficient oxide-confined 850-nm single mode and quasi-single mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) for optical interconnects are presented. Error-free performance at 17 Gb/s is achieved with record-low dissipated power of only 69 fJ/bit. The total energy consumption is only 93 fJ/bit. Transmission lengths up to 1 km of multimode optical fiber were achieved. Our commercial quasi-single mode devices achieve error-free operation at 25 Gb/s across up to 303 m of multimode fiber. To date our VCSELs are the most energy-efficient directly modulated light-sources at any wavelength for data transmission across all distances up to 1 km of multimode optical fiber.

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Philip Moser, James A. Lott, Philip Wolf, Gunter Larisch, Alexey Payusov, Gerrit Fiol, Nikolay N. Ledentsov, Werner Hofmann, and Dieter Bimberg "Energy-efficient vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) for "green" data and computer communication", Proc. SPIE 8276, Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers XVI, 82760J (7 February 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.906856

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