Monolithically Integrated Transceiver Chips For Bidirectional Optical Data Trans

Vertical-cavity Surface-emitting Lasers (vcsels) Emitting At 850 Nm Wavelength Are Known For Their Attractive Optical Features And A Continuously Growing Range Of Applications. The Main Goal Of The Present Thesis Is To Demonstrate The Feasibility Of A Monolithical Integration Of Vcsels With Pin-type Photodiodes (pds) For The Operation As Transceiver (trx) Chips In Optical Data Links. The Project Milestones Comprise The Chip And The Epitaxial Layer Design Of The Vcsel-pin Pd Device Based On A Traditional Algaasgaas Material System, Its Fabrication Development, Electro-optical Characterizations, And Data Transmission In A Bidirectional Optical Link Over A Single, Two-side Butt-coupled Standard Graded-index (gi) Multimode Fiber (mmf).