Title :
Relative intensity noise of multitransverse mode vertical cavity surface emitting lasers
Author :
Valle, A. ; Pesquera, L.
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Fisica de Cantabria, CSIC-UC, Santander, Spain
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Relative intensity noise (RIN) in vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) is important for applications in communications and optical interconnections. It is known that VCSELs tend to lase at high powers in multiple transverse modes due to spatial hole burning (SHE). This behavior can increase the RIN and limit the usefulness of VCSELs in high-speed communications. In the paper it is found that low RIN operation can be maintained for low spatially overlapping modes.
Keywords :
laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; laser noise; optical hole burning; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; waveguide lasers; RIN; communications; high-speed communications; low RIN operation; multiple transverse modes; multitransverse mode vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; optical interconnections; relative intensity noise; spatial hole burning; spatially overlapping modes; Frequency; Laser feedback; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Laser noise; Optical feedback; Semiconductor device noise; Surface emitting lasers; Timing jitter; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-595-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.1999.834048
