Abstract
A steerable top emitting vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) was fabricated. The VCSEL was found to steer from 30° away from the normal at threshold to the normal at higher currents. A two channel optical switch was made using this laser, and its characteristics were measured. It was found that modulation above 50kHz is sufficient in sustaining a stable thermal lense-reducing the channel crosstalk to better than 18dB.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 808-809 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Conference Proceedings - Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting-LEOS |
Volume | 2 |
State | Published - 2000 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering