| Title: | Vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) for 50Gb/s NRZ optical link in data center |
| Author(s): | Fu, Wenning |
| Advisor(s): | Feng, Milton |
| Department / Program: | Electrical & Computer Eng |
| Discipline: | Electrical & Computer Engr |
| Degree Granting Institution: | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Degree: | M.S. |
| Genre: | Thesis |
| Subject(s): | Oxide-VCSEL, data transmission |
| Abstract: | Oxide-confined Vertical-cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs) at 850 nm have been widely deployed in optical data transmission as the optical transmitters. However, the data transmission capability of commercial VCSELs used in 100 m optical links with direct non-return-to-zero (NRZ) modulation has been limited to 25 Gb/s for years. At the same time, there is a tremendous growth of data traffic in data centers due to technology advances such as cloud computing. Therefore, it is important to develop oxide-VCSELs that have better data transmission capability to solve the global data traffic growth problem. This thesis will focus on the development of oxide-VCSELs that are able to transmit error-free 50 Gb/s data with direct NRZ modulation in 100 m optical fiber at room temperature. |
| Issue Date: | 2019-07-16 |
| Type: | Thesis |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/105952 |
| Rights Information: | Copyright 2019 Wenning Fu |
| Date Available in IDEALS: | 2019-11-26 |
| Date Deposited: | 2019-08 |
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