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Long-wavelength VCSELs

Power-efficient answer

Nature Photonics volume 3, pages 27–29 (2009)Cite this article

The commercialization of long-wavelength vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) is gaining new momentum as the telecoms market shifts from long-haul applications to local and access networks. These small, power-efficient devices offer several advantages over traditional edge-emitters.

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Figure 1: Long-wavelength VCSELs.
Figure 2: Three common designs of LW-VCSELs.
Figure 3: Performance of 1,300-nm VCSELs.

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  1. Laboratory of Physics of Nanostructures, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

    Eli Kapon

  2. BeamExpress SA, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

    Eli Kapon & Alexei Sirbu

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Kapon, E., Sirbu, A. Power-efficient answer. Nature Photon 3, 27–29 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2008.266

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