High Speed VCSELs for Optical Interconnects (Springer Theses)

by Alex Mutig (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2011

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  The transmission speed of data communication systems is forecast to increase exponentially over the next decade. Development of both Si-based high-speed drivers as well as III-V-semiconductor-based high-speed vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) are prerequisites for future ultrahigh data-rate systems. This thesis presents: a survey of the present state of the art of VCSELs; a systematic investigation of the various effects limiting present VCSELs; a catalogue of solutions to overcome present limits; and detailed progress in modelling, fabricating and testing the currently most advanced VCSELs at the two commercially most important wavelengths.