2D VCSEL arrays for chip-level optical interconnects

Roger King; Rainer Michalzik; Dieter Wiedenmann; Roland Jaeger; Peter Schnitzer; T. Knoedl; Karl Joachim Ebeling

doi:10.1117/12.344625

13 April 1999 2D VCSEL arrays for chip-level optical interconnects

Roger King, Rainer Michalzik, Dieter Wiedenmann, Roland Jaeger, Peter Schnitzer, T. Knoedl, Karl Joachim Ebeling

Proceedings Volume 3632, Optoelectronic Interconnects VI; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.344625
Event: Optoelectronics '99 - Integrated Optoelectronic Devices, 1999, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Oxide-confined vertical cavity surface-emitting laser diodes (VCSELs) are fabricated for applications in chip-level optical interconnects. 980 nm wavelength devices in arrays with 4 by 8 elements are investigated. Threshold voltages of 1.5 V and operation voltages below 2V of submilliamp threshold current lasers are fully comparable to 3.3 V CMOS technology. Modulation bandwidths of 9.5 GHz at 1.8 mA laser current with a modulation current efficiency factor of 10 GHz/(root)mA is demonstrated for 3 micrometers diameter VCSELs. No error floors are observed down to bit error rates of 10^-11 at 12.5 Gb/s data transmission. VCSEL based top illuminated resonant cavity enhanced photodetectors show peak efficiencies of 50 percent combined with full spectral half-widths of 5 nm.

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Roger King, Rainer Michalzik, Dieter Wiedenmann, Roland Jaeger, Peter Schnitzer, T. Knoedl, and Karl Joachim Ebeling "2D VCSEL arrays for chip-level optical interconnects", Proc. SPIE 3632, Optoelectronic Interconnects VI, (13 April 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.344625

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