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Electro-Optically Modulated Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers

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The realization of an EOM VCSEL for high-speed applications is shown. An in-depth device characterization is presented along with the growth and optimization challenges encountered for this \(\sim \) 400 layer dual cavity design. Modeling and measurements reveal existing prototype limitations and predict an intrinsic bandwidth potential of 56 GHz for future devices.

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Germann, T.D. (2012). Electro-Optically Modulated Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers. In: Design and Realization of Novel GaAs Based Laser Concepts. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34079-6_7

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