Noise analysis of semiconductor lasers within the coherence collapse regime

Author

Wang, Jianmin ; Petermann, Klaus

Author_Institution

Inst. fuer Hochfrequenztech., Tech. Univ. Berlin, Germany

Volume

27

Issue

1

fYear

1991

fDate

1/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

3

Lastpage

9

Abstract

The authors present a theoretical analysis of semiconductor laser noise with optical distant feedback. The results show good agreement with numerical simulations. With the analytical model developed, one can easily calculate the relative intensity noise (RIN), the frequency noise, and the spectral linewidth of the semiconductor laser diode. It was found that, because of the decreasing damping frequency, with increasing feedback, the maximum relative intensity noise at the relaxation frequency does not increase monotonically. The maximum RIN is given as the reciprocal value of the damping rate

Keywords

electron device noise; feedback; laser theory; light coherence; semiconductor junction lasers; spectral line breadth; coherence collapse regime; damping frequency; damping rate; feedback; frequency noise; laser diode; optical distant feedback; relative intensity noise; relaxation frequency; semiconductor laser noise; semiconductor lasers; spectral linewidth; Damping; Frequency; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Laser noise; Laser theory; Optical feedback; Optical noise; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.73534

Filename

73534