1. Date of download: 7/2/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. (a) Material gain versus carrier density and (b) PI curve of model A and deviation of model B with respect to model A. The deviation was plotted because it would be impossible to distinguish the PI curves. Figure Legend: From: Tradeoffs of vertical-cavity surface emitting lasers modeling for the development of driver circuits in short distance optical links Opt. Eng. 2005;44(10):105401-105401-15. doi:10.1117/1.2087267

2. Date of download: 7/2/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. (a) Maximum full widths of SCH with a typical diffusion of Dn=12cm2∕s plotted versus the total QW widths for different data rates. (b) Maximum full width of SCH versus the total QW width for 10-Gb∕s transmission with the same diffusion value. The circle denotes the corresponding widths of the measured VCSELs. Figure Legend: From: Tradeoffs of vertical-cavity surface emitting lasers modeling for the development of driver circuits in short distance optical links Opt. Eng. 2005;44(10):105401-105401-15. doi:10.1117/1.2087267

3. Date of download: 7/2/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. MTF of the models in Fig. without parasitics. Figure Legend: From: Tradeoffs of vertical-cavity surface emitting lasers modeling for the development of driver circuits in short distance optical links Opt. Eng. 2005;44(10):105401-105401-15. doi:10.1117/1.2087267

4. Date of download: 7/2/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. Calculated transient behavior (eye diagrams) of the output power of the internal laser (i.e., without parasitics) and its carrier density at an operating current of 6mA and a current swing of 7mA at 10Gb∕s, applying a PRBS sequence using the parameters in Table and τesc=200ps, τcap=20ps. Figure Legend: From: Tradeoffs of vertical-cavity surface emitting lasers modeling for the development of driver circuits in short distance optical links Opt. Eng. 2005;44(10):105401-105401-15. doi:10.1117/1.2087267

5. Date of download: 7/2/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. (a) VCSEL structure and equivalent circuit. (b) Measured VI characteristics with Va=1.55V and Rs+Ra=64Ω at different thermo- chuck temperatures. Figure Legend: From: Tradeoffs of vertical-cavity surface emitting lasers modeling for the development of driver circuits in short distance optical links Opt. Eng. 2005;44(10):105401-105401-15. doi:10.1117/1.2087267

6. Date of download: 7/2/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. (a) Model and measurement comparison at T=25°C, Iop=6mA of S11 with Rp=497Ω, Cp=340fF, Rs=29Ω, Ra=35Ω, and Ca=693fF. (b) Calculated and measured MTFs. Figure Legend: From: Tradeoffs of vertical-cavity surface emitting lasers modeling for the development of driver circuits in short distance optical links Opt. Eng. 2005;44(10):105401-105401-15. doi:10.1117/1.2087267

7. Date of download: 7/2/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. Measured (black) and simulated (white line) eye diagram of the applied 50-Ω driver on a 50-Ω load at 10Gb∕s with Vpp=0.5V. Figure Legend: From: Tradeoffs of vertical-cavity surface emitting lasers modeling for the development of driver circuits in short distance optical links Opt. Eng. 2005;44(10):105401-105401-15. doi:10.1117/1.2087267

8. Date of download: 7/2/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. Measured (black) and calculated (white lines) eye diagrams at different ambient temperatures and operating currents at 10Gb∕s with Ith=0.8mA at 25°C. Figure Legend: From: Tradeoffs of vertical-cavity surface emitting lasers modeling for the development of driver circuits in short distance optical links Opt. Eng. 2005;44(10):105401-105401-15. doi:10.1117/1.2087267

9. Date of download: 7/2/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. Relaxation oscillation frequency ω0 of a second-order system normalized to the bandwidth versus damping D=γ∕(2∙ω0) for a fixed bandwidth. Figure Legend: From: Tradeoffs of vertical-cavity surface emitting lasers modeling for the development of driver circuits in short distance optical links Opt. Eng. 2005;44(10):105401-105401-15. doi:10.1117/1.2087267

10. Date of download: 7/2/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. Extracted parameters versus internal laser temperature. The arrows indicate the operating current increase. The operating currents are 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9mA. Figure Legend: From: Tradeoffs of vertical-cavity surface emitting lasers modeling for the development of driver circuits in short distance optical links Opt. Eng. 2005;44(10):105401-105401-15. doi:10.1117/1.2087267