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Infrared Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers: An Industrial Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

David W. Kisker  and
Jeff E. Bisberg
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Abstract

Optical components based on vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) are moving from 850-nm wavelengths to 1.31-μm and 1.55-μm wavelengths. These long-wavelength devices, enabled by new developments in materials technology, will compete directly with distributed-feedback (DFB) and Fabry-Pérot (FP) laser technologies in fiber-optic markets. In addition, the unique properties of VCSELs are opening up a new category of optically integrated components that are not possible with traditional edge-emitting laser source technologies. These VCSEL structures, such as linear and two-dimensional arrays, have the potential to dramatically reduce the cost structure of traditional optical networking equipment and provide a path for rapid growth in optical bandwidth.

Keywords

compound semiconductorselectro-optic materialsmolecular-beam epitaxy (MBE)vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs).
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Research Article
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MRS Bulletin , Volume 27 , Issue 7: Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers , July 2002 , pp. 512 - 519
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2002

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