Abstract
A sub-volt wavelength sweep operation of MEMS VCSELs is demonstrated by using a high-Q mechanical resonance. An optical sweep bandwidth of over 20 nm is exhibited with a resonance frequency of 167 kHz and a swing voltage of 0.7 Vpp. Also, a high resonance frequency could be increased over 700 kHz with a swing voltage of 5.9 Vpp thanks to high-Q resonance.
© 2017 Optical Society of America
PDF ArticleMore Like This
M. Nakahama, T. Sakaguchi, A. Matsutani, and F. Koyama
26J3_5 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Pacific Rim (CLEO/PR) 2015
Kevin T. Cook, Pengfei Qiao, and Connie J. Chang-Hasnain
FTu4E.1 Frontiers in Optics (FiO) 2017
Sujoy Paul, Christian Gierl, Julijan Cesar, Quang Trung Le, Mohammadreza Malekizandi, Franko Küppers, Benjamin Kögel, Jürgen Rosskopf, Christoph Gréus, Markus Görblich, Yan Xu, Christian Neumeyr, and Markus Ortsiefer
AM3K.1 CLEO: Applications and Technology (CLEO:A&T) 2015