Abstract
We have evaluated a 1.3 μm vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL), whose
bottom mirror and central active layer were grown by metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD)
and whose top mirror was covered with a dielectric coating, for 10 Gb/s data transmission over
single-mode fibers (SMFs). Successful demonstration of error-free transmission of the directly
modulated VCSEL signals at data rate of 10 Gb/s over a 10 km-long SMF was achieved for operating
temperatures from 20°C to 60°C up to
bit-error-rate (BER) of 10<sup>-12</sup>. The DC bias current and modulation
currents are only 7 mA and 6 mA, respectively. The results indicate that the VCSEL is a good
low-power consuming optical signal source for 10 GBASE Ethernet applications under controlled
environments.
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