Comprehensive vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser model for optical interconnect transceiver circuit design

Binhao Wang; Wayne V. Sorin; Samuel Palermo; Michael R. T. Tan

doi:10.1117/1.OE.55.12.126103

8 December 2016 Comprehensive vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser model for optical interconnect transceiver circuit design

Binhao Wang, Wayne V. Sorin, Samuel Palermo, Michael R. T. Tan

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 55, Issue 12, 126103 (December 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.55.12.126103

Abstract

Directly modulated vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) are commonly used in short-reach optical interconnect applications. To enable efficient optical interconnect transceiver systems operating at data rates up to 25 Gb/s and beyond, cosimulation environments, which allow for the optimization of driver circuitry with accurate compact VCSEL models, are necessary. A comprehensive VCSEL model, which captures thermally dependent electrical and optical dynamics and provides direct current, small-, and large-signal simulation capabilities with self-consistency, is presented. The device’s electrical behavior is described with an equivalent circuit, which captures both large-signal operation and electrical parasitics, while the optical response is captured with a rate-equation-based model. Bias and temperature dependencies are incorporated into both key electrical and optical model parameters. Experimental verification of the model is performed at 25 Gb/s with a 990-nm VCSEL to study the impact of bias current level and substrate temperature.

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Binhao Wang, Wayne V. Sorin, Samuel Palermo, and Michael R. T. Tan "Comprehensive vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser model for optical interconnect transceiver circuit design," Optical Engineering 55(12), 126103 (8 December 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.55.12.126103

Published: 8 December 2016

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