Abstract Due: 17 July 2024
Author Notification: 7 October 2024
Manuscript Due: 8 January 2025
Post-deadline submissions will be considered for poster, or oral if space is available
Sustained research and development of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) over the past thirty years has transformed VCSELs to viable components in the photonic marketplace for optical interconnects, optical sensing, and many other applications. Currently, VCSELs are being developed for a wide variety of applications, as well as being designed to conform to standard system architectures. This conference seeks to provide a forum for interaction between VCSEL researchers, product developers, and system engineers, and VCSEL component users to disseminate information about new advances and applications. Subjects of interest for this conference include the design, novel fabrication, and physical characterization of VCSELs. Papers concerning commercial VCSEL activity and new VCSEL applications are particularly solicited. Topics of interest include:
high-performance VCSELs (low-threshold current, high-output power, high-speed modulation, etc.)
VCSEL applications (position sensing, smart pixels, optical data links, print heads, display, scanning, sensors, etc.)
VCSEL reliability (qualification, research)
hybrid VCSEL integration with optics and/or microelectronics
advances in fabrication technologies (selective oxidation, dry etching, wafer bonding, etc.)
techniques and monitoring of VCSEL growth (uniformity, reproducibility)
new materials for VCSELs
2D VCSEL arrays
characterization and control of transverse optical modes and polarization
new VCSEL devices including tunable VCSEL structures
commercial VCSEL production techniques
VCSEL packaging.
