Title :
Spontaneous emission, scattering, and the spectral properties of semiconductor diode lasers
Author :
Cassidy, Daniel T. ; Peters, Frank H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., McMaster Univ., Hamilton, Ont., Canada
fDate :
4/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The effect of spontaneous emission on the above-threshold spectral output of 1.3-μm semiconductor diode lasers with internal scattering centers is examined. It is found that spontaneous emission masks the effect of scattering on the spectral properties of diode lasers. The spectral output of lasers with large amounts of spontaneous emission tend to be less affected by internal scattering than lasers with small amounts of spontaneous emission
Keywords :
laser transitions; light scattering; semiconductor junction lasers; 1.3 micron; above-threshold spectral output; internal scattering centers; scattering; semiconductor diode lasers; spectral properties; spontaneous emission; Diode lasers; Gas lasers; Laser modes; Light scattering; Particle scattering; Predictive models; Resonance light scattering; Semiconductor diodes; Semiconductor lasers; Spontaneous emission;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
