Dynamical analysis of multimode VCSELs with elliptical oxide aperture

Abstract

We study the dynamics of a multimode VCSEL with an elliptical oxide aperture for datacom applications. We simulate the laser dynamics through a set of coupled rate equations for the modal components of the electric field and the carrier density, accounting for coherent mode mixing and spatial hole burning. Our simulations show what are the relevant frequency detuning configurations to control in order to improve noise performance. Simulations with NRZ PRBS performed in order to explore the applications of these devices in short-reach data transmission show potentially reachable transmission speeds of 65 Gbit/s.