Multimode VCSELs for high bit-rate and transparent low-cost fiber-optic links

Sven Eitel; Stephan G. Hunziker; Dominique Vez; Michael Moser; Rainer Hoevel; Hans-Peter Gauggel; Marcel Brunner; Karlheinz H. Gulden

doi:10.1117/12.469233

4 June 2002 Multimode VCSELs for high bit-rate and transparent low-cost fiber-optic links

Sven Eitel, Stephan G. Hunziker, Dominique Vez, Michael Moser, Rainer Hoevel, Hans-Peter Gauggel, Marcel Brunner, Karlheinz H. Gulden

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Proceedings Volume 4649, Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers VI; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.469233
Event: Symposium on Integrated Optoelectronic Devices, 2002, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

At Avalon Photonics Ltd. high-performance multimode VCSELs and VCSEL arrays are developed and fabricated for applications in low-cost fiber-optic communication links. We report on state-of-the-art oxide-confined 850 nm VCSELs for current-generation parallel optical link modules with data-rates up to 3.125 Gbit/s per channel. The high performance and high reliability of these devices is reviewed. Moreover, 10 Gbit/s VCSELs are developed for the next-generation 10-Gigabit Ethernet standard (10-GbE). Transmission over 600 m high-bandwidth multimode fiber at 10 Gbit/s is demonstrated. Mainly due to their low noise level and high linearity, these high-performance devices are also well suited for transparent fiber-optic links using subcarrier multiplexed modulation schemes in the low GHz range. Spurious-free dynamic ranges larger than 100 dBHz^2/3 were measured, which is sufficient for important applications like cable television distribution and remote antenna addressing in mobile phone systems.

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Sven Eitel, Stephan G. Hunziker, Dominique Vez, Michael Moser, Rainer Hoevel, Hans-Peter Gauggel, Marcel Brunner, and Karlheinz H. Gulden "Multimode VCSELs for high bit-rate and transparent low-cost fiber-optic links", Proc. SPIE 4649, Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers VI, (4 June 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.469233

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