title: 0.18-microm complementary metal-oxide semiconductor push-pull vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser driver operating at 2.5 Gb/s with symmetric rising and falling edges.
abstract: A vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) driver design that utilizes a novel push-pull circuit topology is described. The VCSEL driver design can provide both a current pushing and a current pulling mechanism and therefore is capable of producing symmetric rise and fall times. The design was implemented in a 0.18-microm foundry n-well complementary metal-oxide semiconductor technology and operates at data rates up to 2.5 Gb/s with a power consumption of 45 mW at an average optical output power of 1 mW.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2A7. plant@photonics.ece.mcgill.ca
authors.forename: David V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Plant
authors.forename: Alan E L
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Chuah
authors.forename: Michael B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Venditti
authors.forename: Andrei D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Isac