Impact of Damping on Large Signal VCSEL Dynamics

• The dependence of large signal VCSEL dynamics on damping is studied through time-domain measurements of turn-on transients and timing jitter for VCSELs having K-factors from 0.1 to 0.4 ns.

Subject headings

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Telekommunikation (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Telecommunications (hsv//eng)

Keyword

high-speed modulation

large signal modulation

relaxation oscillation

Damping

semiconductor lasers

vertical cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL)

photon lifetime

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