Optowell Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSELs) - Chips
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VCSEL Chips are supplied as single chips or arrays with
wavelengths from 670nm to 980nm.
Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSELs) are compound semiconductor microlaser diodes that emit light in a circular beam vertically from the surface of a fabricated wafer and offer significant advantages when compared to the edge-emitting lasers currently used in the majority of fiber optic communications devices. Advantages include:
- Circular, low divergence output beams providing high coupling efficiency to optical fiber
- Simpler fabrication compared to edge-Emitting lasers
- Manufacturing cost saved by allowing on-Wafer testing
- Small active volumes leading to low threshold currents and low power consumption
- High volume / high density production
- Ease of packaging
- Ease of 2D-Array
VCSEL applications include:
- digital media: laser printer, laser mouse, DVI, HDMI, high speed PCB, Home network
- Automobile: inner multimedia network, safety sensor, etc.
- Information & Communication: Gigabit Ethernet, SAN, SONET, VSR
- Sensors: encoder, gas sensor
- Medical and Bio: blood surgical measuring instrument, skin care laser
For Gigabit Ethernet and other gigabit-speed applications such as Fiber Channel and ATM OC-12, VCSELs have proved a very cost-effective solution as they offer the performance characteristics of lasers, particularly high speed, combined with low cost manufacturing processes similar to those used for LEDs.
| Part No. | Package | Description | Download Datasheet |
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| SS85-7U001P2 | Single Mode | 850nm VCSEL Single Chip, Single mode, Polarisation locked |  |
| SS85-5U001 | 850nm VCSEL Single Chip, Single mode | |
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| SM85-4U001 | 850nm VCSEL Single Chip, Gaussian beam profile | |
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| SM98-2N001 | Multi Mode |
850nm VCSEL Single Chip, Multi mode, 1.25/2.5Gbps | |
| SM85-2N001 | 850nm VCSEL Single Chip, Multi mode, 1.25/2.5Gbps | |
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| SM85-3N001 | 850nm VCSEL Single Chip, Multi mode, 1.25/2.5Gbps, 250 μm | |
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| SM85-1F001 | 850nm VCSEL Single Chip, Multi mode, 4.25Gbps | |
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| SM85-1H001 | 850nm VCSEL Single Chip, Multi mode, 10Gbps | ||
| SH85-2S001 | High Power |
850nm High Power VCSEL Single Chip, 10mW, 1Gbps | |
| SH85-4U001 | 850nm High Power VCSEL Single Chip, 20mW | |
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| AM85-1N104 | Array | 850nm VCSEL 1 x 4 Array, Multi mode, 2.5Gbps/ch | |
| AM85-2H104 | 850nm VCSEL 1 x 4 Array, Multi mode, 10Gbps/ch | ||
| AM85-1N112 | 850nm VCSEL 1 x 12 Array, Multi mode, 2.5Gbps/ch | |
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| AM85-2H112 | 850nm VCSEL 1 x 12 Array, Multi mode,10Gbps/ch |