Conclusions and Outlook

Abstract

The final chapter of this dissertation summarizes the main achievements and conclusions of this work. In addition to performance records such as large bit rates and record energy efficiency values, the focus is on the general principles of the dynamic energy efficiency that apply to all oxide-confined VCSELs. These principles will most probably lead to an improvement of the record performance presented in this work, in the not-too-distant future. The dissertation closes with an outlook on suggested future work based on the work in this dissertation. Additionally, I briefly outline suggested future work that substantially extends the work I present in this dissertation.