Members

The Photonic team at LAAS has led researches on microcavity devices since 1990 and on 850nm GaAs-based VCSELs with a renown expertise in oxide-confined and dual-function VCSELs. They will take in charge the fabrication of the devices on the strength of their technological platform, part of the RENATECH network.

The Microwaves and Opto-microwaves for Telecommunication Systems (MOST) team at LAAS has a very strong experience in terms of RF and millimeter-wave devices and circuits modeling as well as characterization. Both Photonic and MOST teams benefit from the LAAS characterization platform which pools numerous equipment and probing stations dedicated to microwave and optical device characterization.

The Optical Communication Group at FOTON has a long experience in system testing of high-speed optical communication devices, especially transmitters and modulators (real-time BER up to 50 Gb/s; high-speed arbitrary waveform generators and sampling oscilloscopes for advanced modulation formats (PAM and OFDM); experience in handling unpackaged devices). FOTON will perform back-to-back and transmission assessment of the fabricated EAM-VCSELs.

3SP Technologies (3SP) is leading manufacturer of lasers & photodiodes based on GaAs & InP technologies for amplification and high data rate transmission. 3SP currently qualifies 25G oxide based VCSEL technology and, within its product roadmap for 100G applications & beyond.

TONA-Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) group has more than 20 year experience in VCSEL design, characterization and laser dynamics study with more than 200 publications in the field, with expertise on VCSEL polarization, optical feedback, and non-linear dynamics. TONA-VUB proposed and demonstrated innovative VCSELs design such as double-cavity-, photonic-crystal based- and liquid-crystal integrated VCSELs. Their contribution to the EAM-VCSEL project will be on the device design, characterization and by implementing adequate models for explaining their dynamical performance.