MBE-grown 1550 nm wafer-fused VCSELs for large data rate and energy efficient communication

We report on the progress made in the development of 1550 nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) for data transmission applications. These lasers were grown using molecular beam epitaxy and manufactured through wafer fusion. Such devices exhibit high speed and high optical output power,...

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Main Authors: Georgiy Sapunov, Ilya Derebezov, Sergey Blokhin, Iakov Kovach, Si-Cong Tian, Mansoor A Maricar, Leonid Karachinsky, Innokenty Novikov, Andrey Babichev, Andrey Gladyshev, Anton Egorov, Dieter Bimberg
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Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7647/adef20
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author Georgiy Sapunov
Ilya Derebezov
Sergey Blokhin
Iakov Kovach
Si-Cong Tian
Mansoor A Maricar
Leonid Karachinsky
Innokenty Novikov
Andrey Babichev
Andrey Gladyshev
Anton Egorov
Dieter Bimberg
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Ilya Derebezov
Sergey Blokhin
Iakov Kovach
Si-Cong Tian
Mansoor A Maricar
Leonid Karachinsky
Innokenty Novikov
Andrey Babichev
Andrey Gladyshev
Anton Egorov
Dieter Bimberg
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description We report on the progress made in the development of 1550 nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) for data transmission applications. These lasers were grown using molecular beam epitaxy and manufactured through wafer fusion. Such devices exhibit high speed and high optical output power, benefitting from GaAs-based mirrors and an InP-based active region. We investigate their static and dynamic performance in order to optimize for long-distance fiber-optic communication. We achieved record data rates of 40 Gbps across 1 m single-mode optical fiber with a single-mode power exceeding 3.8 mW by using signal pre-emphasis. Long-distance tests show, that these VCSELs are capable of transmitting more than 27 Gbps across a 2 km single-mode fiber, and can achieve as low as 600 fJ energy consumption per bit transferred.
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spelling doaj-art-e410ce32c9a24b53826eae7cfc8868762025-08-20T03:09:31ZengIOP PublishingJPhys Photonics2515-76472025-01-017303503210.1088/2515-7647/adef20MBE-grown 1550 nm wafer-fused VCSELs for large data rate and energy efficient communicationGeorgiy Sapunov0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4314-2178Ilya Derebezov1https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5708-1955Sergey Blokhin2Iakov Kovach3Si-Cong Tian4https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3610-5993Mansoor A Maricar5Leonid Karachinsky6Innokenty Novikov7https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1983-0242Andrey Babichev8https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3463-4744Andrey Gladyshev9Anton Egorov10Dieter Bimberg11Bimberg Chinese-German Center for Green Photonics & State Key Laboratory of Luminescence Science and Technology, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Dong Nanhu Road 3888, Changchun, People’s Republic of ChinaBimberg Chinese-German Center for Green Photonics & State Key Laboratory of Luminescence Science and Technology, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Dong Nanhu Road 3888, Changchun, People’s Republic of ChinaITMO University , Kronverksky Pr. 49 bldg. A, Saint Petersburg, RussiaITMO University , Kronverksky Pr. 49 bldg. A, Saint Petersburg, RussiaBimberg Chinese-German Center for Green Photonics & State Key Laboratory of Luminescence Science and Technology, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Dong Nanhu Road 3888, Changchun, People’s Republic of China; Center of Nanophotonics, Institute of Physics and Astronomy, Technical University of Berlin , Hardenbergstr. 36, Berlin, GermanyBimberg Chinese-German Center for Green Photonics & State Key Laboratory of Luminescence Science and Technology, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Dong Nanhu Road 3888, Changchun, People’s Republic of ChinaITMO University , Kronverksky Pr. 49 bldg. A, Saint Petersburg, RussiaITMO University , Kronverksky Pr. 49 bldg. A, Saint Petersburg, RussiaITMO University , Kronverksky Pr. 49 bldg. A, Saint Petersburg, RussiaITMO University , Kronverksky Pr. 49 bldg. A, Saint Petersburg, RussiaITMO University , Kronverksky Pr. 49 bldg. A, Saint Petersburg, RussiaBimberg Chinese-German Center for Green Photonics & State Key Laboratory of Luminescence Science and Technology, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Dong Nanhu Road 3888, Changchun, People’s Republic of China; Center of Nanophotonics, Institute of Physics and Astronomy, Technical University of Berlin , Hardenbergstr. 36, Berlin, GermanyWe report on the progress made in the development of 1550 nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) for data transmission applications. These lasers were grown using molecular beam epitaxy and manufactured through wafer fusion. Such devices exhibit high speed and high optical output power, benefitting from GaAs-based mirrors and an InP-based active region. We investigate their static and dynamic performance in order to optimize for long-distance fiber-optic communication. We achieved record data rates of 40 Gbps across 1 m single-mode optical fiber with a single-mode power exceeding 3.8 mW by using signal pre-emphasis. Long-distance tests show, that these VCSELs are capable of transmitting more than 27 Gbps across a 2 km single-mode fiber, and can achieve as low as 600 fJ energy consumption per bit transferred.https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7647/adef201550 nm VCSELshigh-speed data communicationsingle-modeMBE wafer fusionintra-cavity contactsQW-based active region
spellingShingle Georgiy Sapunov
Ilya Derebezov
Sergey Blokhin
Iakov Kovach
Si-Cong Tian
Mansoor A Maricar
Leonid Karachinsky
Innokenty Novikov
Andrey Babichev
Andrey Gladyshev
Anton Egorov
Dieter Bimberg
MBE-grown 1550 nm wafer-fused VCSELs for large data rate and energy efficient communication
JPhys Photonics
1550 nm VCSELs
high-speed data communication
single-mode
MBE wafer fusion
intra-cavity contacts
QW-based active region
title MBE-grown 1550 nm wafer-fused VCSELs for large data rate and energy efficient communication
title_full MBE-grown 1550 nm wafer-fused VCSELs for large data rate and energy efficient communication
title_fullStr MBE-grown 1550 nm wafer-fused VCSELs for large data rate and energy efficient communication
title_full_unstemmed MBE-grown 1550 nm wafer-fused VCSELs for large data rate and energy efficient communication
title_short MBE-grown 1550 nm wafer-fused VCSELs for large data rate and energy efficient communication
title_sort mbe grown 1550 nm wafer fused vcsels for large data rate and energy efficient communication
topic 1550 nm VCSELs
high-speed data communication
single-mode
MBE wafer fusion
intra-cavity contacts
QW-based active region
url https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7647/adef20
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