20-Gb/s Modulation of Silicon-Integrated Short-Wavelength Hybrid-Cavity VCSELs

• We investigate the dynamics of silicon-integrated 850-nm-wavelength hybrid-cavity vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs). The VCSELs consist of a GaAs-based half-VCSEL attached to a dielectric distributed Bragg reflector on a silicon substrate using ultra-thin divinylsiloxane-bis-benzocyclobutene adhesive bonding. A 5-µm oxide aperture diameter VCSEL, with a small signal modulation bandwidth of 11 GHz, supports data transmission at bit rates up to 20 Gb/s. The modulation bandwidth and the large signal modulation characteristics are found to be impaired by the high thermal impedance.

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

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

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semiconductor lasers

silicon photonics

High-speed modulation

vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL)

optical interconnects

large signal modulation

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