High-speed and high-power Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers based on InP suitable for telecommunication and gas sensing

Tobias Gruendl; Karolina Zogal; Michael Mueller; Robin D. Nagel; Sandro Jatta; Kathrin Geiger; Christian Grasse; Gerhard Boehm; Markus Ortsiefer; Ralf Meyer; Peter Meissner; Markus Christian Amann

doi:10.1117/12.869555

High-speed and high-power Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers based on InP suitable for telecommunication and gas sensing

Tobias Gruendl, Karolina Zogal, Michael Mueller, Robin D. Nagel, Sandro Jatta, Kathrin Geiger, Christian Grasse, Gerhard Boehm, Markus Ortsiefer, Ralf Meyer, Peter Meissner, Markus Christian Amann

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Abstract

We present 1.55 μm short-cavity buried-tunnel-junction VCSELs (Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers) with single mode output powers of 6.7 mW at 20°C and 3 mW at 80°C, respectively. Although the device had been predominantly optimized for high-power applications and a proper heat management, we are also observing a 3dB-cut-off frequency of more than 11 GHz and side mode suppression ratios (SMSRs) beyond 54 dB over the whole temperature range. The tuning range of the devices can be increased from 7 nm based on gain tuning to several tens of nanometers when replacing the top DBR by a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) composed of semiconductor or dielectric material being thermally actuated for changing the cavity length. These devices are perfectly suitable for telecommunication and gas sensing applications and represent outstanding devices for the so called tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) technique.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Optics in Atmospheric Propagation and Adaptive Systems XIII
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.869555
State	Published - 2010
Event	Optics in Atmospheric Propagation and Adaptive Systems XIII - Toulouse, France Duration: 20 Sep 2010 → 21 Sep 2010

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	7828
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Conference	Optics in Atmospheric Propagation and Adaptive Systems XIII
Country/Territory	France
City	Toulouse
Period	20/09/10 → 21/09/10

Keywords

Gas sensing
High-power
High-speed
InP
MEMS VCSEL
Telecommunication
Wide tunability

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Gruendl, T., Zogal, K., Mueller, M., Nagel, R. D., Jatta, S., Geiger, K., Grasse, C., Boehm, G., Ortsiefer, M., Meyer, R., Meissner, P., & Amann, M. C. (2010). High-speed and high-power Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers based on InP suitable for telecommunication and gas sensing. In Optics in Atmospheric Propagation and Adaptive Systems XIII Article 782807 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 7828). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.869555

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Gruendl, T, Zogal, K, Mueller, M, Nagel, RD, Jatta, S, Geiger, K, Grasse, C, Boehm, G, Ortsiefer, M, Meyer, R, Meissner, P & Amann, MC 2010, High-speed and high-power Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers based on InP suitable for telecommunication and gas sensing. in Optics in Atmospheric Propagation and Adaptive Systems XIII., 782807, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 7828, Optics in Atmospheric Propagation and Adaptive Systems XIII, Toulouse, France, 20/09/10. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.869555

High-speed and high-power Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers based on InP suitable for telecommunication and gas sensing. / Gruendl, Tobias; Zogal, Karolina; Mueller, Michael et al.
Optics in Atmospheric Propagation and Adaptive Systems XIII. 2010. 782807 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 7828).

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