5 GHz modulation of a mushroom mesa surface emitting laser
- 2 September 1991
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 59 (10), 1147-1149
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.105539
Abstract
A modulation bandwidth approaching 5 GHz in a GaAs quantum well vertical cavity surface emitting laser with a mushroom mesa structure is reported. The modulation speed and the maximum power of 1.5 mW were limited by device heating. The second harmonic distortion as a function of frequency was measured at an injection current twice threshold and an optical modulation index of 10%, and a peak distortion of about −25 dBc was obtained.Keywords
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