Single-Mode 940 nm VCSELs With Narrow Divergence Angles and High-Power Performances for Fiber and Free-Space Optical Communications

Autor: Zuhaib Khan, Nikolay Ledentsov, Lukasz Chorchos, Jie-Chen Shih, Yung-Hao Chang, Nikolay N. Ledentsov, Jin-Wei Shi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: IEEE Access, Vol 8, Pp 72095-72101 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2169-3536
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2987818
Popis: Using the Zn-diffusion and oxide-relief techniques with the optimized aperture sizes, we demonstrate a novel single-mode 940 nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) with high brightness performance. The highly single-mode (SM) output optical spectra (SMSR>50 dB) can be sustained under a full range of bias currents and from room temperature (RT) to 85°C operation. Under RT operation, the maximum SM power can be as high as 7.1 mW with a moderate threshold current ($\text{I}_{\mathrm {th}}$ : 1.1mA) and narrow divergence angles in the far-field pattern (FWHM: 5°, 1/e2: 7-8°). Furthermore, the maximum 3-dB E-O modulation bandwidth of this high-power SM VCSEL can reach 15 GHz without the low-frequency roll-off induced by spatial hole burning effect. By using this novel device as the transmitter, we can achieve 25 Gbit/sec error-free (bit-error-ratio (BER) $ 0.3 km) data communications as well as in free-space optical communication.
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