Title : 
Noise and distortion characteristics of cryogenic vertical cavity lasers
         
        
            Author : 
Shi, H.X. ; Cohen, D.A. ; Lofgreen, D. ; Coldren, L.A.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
         
        
        
        
        
            fDate : 
8/31/2000 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The noise and linearity properties of oxide-apertured vertical cavity lasers optimised for low-power cryogenic operation is reported. The relative intensity noise is lower than -140 dB/Hz and the spur-free dynamic range is between 90-100 dB-Hz2/3
         
        
            Keywords : 
cryogenics; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; laser noise; surface emitting lasers; cryogenic vertical cavity lasers; distortion characteristics; linearity properties; low-power cryogenic operation; noise characteristics; noise properties; oxide-apertured vertical cavity lasers; relative intensity noise; spur-free dynamic range;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Electronics Letters
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1049/el:20001108