Abstract

Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) are regarded as a key enabling technology for broadband low-cost optical interconnects. Future applications such as 10 Gigabit Ethernet will demand that these devices operate at minimum modulation rates of 10 Gbit/s. A number of groups have reported VCSELs that are capable of these data rates.^1,2 However, to the best of the authors knowledge there is no published work that shows that these devices are capable of operating at the high temperatures required for commercial applications. This paper demonstrates the first 10 Gbit/s modulation of an oxide-confined VCSEL operating at temperatures up to 85°C.

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