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Fabrication and characterization of stable temperature and reliable size oxide aperture VCSELs for short-reach communication

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A continue wave of high-speed vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) for 980 nm short-reach communication is presented. The design of such devices is based on five strained InGaAs/GaAsP quantum wells QWs that enclosed between 20.5-periods p-doped top and 37-periods n-doped bottom epitaxially grown AlGaAs/GaAs distributed Bragg reflectors. VCSEL with current flow apertures of different area is fabricated and characterized at a range oxide aperture diameters ∅ ~ 6 to 19 μm. These devices essentially used for improving the output optical power and exhibiting high modulation bandwidth at room temperature (RT). Experimental results of output light–current–voltage at threshold currents as low as 0.45 mA, together with the threshold current, current density, maximum power and maximum wall blug efficiency as a function of oxide aperture diameter at various temperature, are achieved. Optical spectra and small-signal analysis are performed for different bias currents (I) and oxide aperture diameters (∅) in a wide range of temperatures. A small-signal modulation bandwidth (f-3dB) around 24 GHz is reached with ∅ ~ 6 μm when I ~ 5.5 mA at RT of T ~ 25 °C.

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This work was funded by MARHABA Erasmus Mundus Lot 3 under grant number 2014-0653 of the European Union. FC highly appreciates the support of TU-Berlin team during this work. FC also acknowledges the support of KOU through this research.

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Chaqmaqchee, F.A.I. Fabrication and characterization of stable temperature and reliable size oxide aperture VCSELs for short-reach communication. J Opt (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12596-023-01519-w

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