Title :
Noise and distortion characteristics of cryogenic vertical cavity lasers
Author :
Hanxing Shi ; Cohen, D.A. ; Lofgreen, D. ; Coldren, L.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
Both the noise and distortion properties of a low power vertical cavity laser (VCL) have been studies under both room and cryogenic temperatures. The noise of the measurement link with high bias level is dominated by the photodiode shot noise.
Keywords :
cryogenics; laser cavity resonators; laser noise; semiconductor device noise; semiconductor lasers; cryogenic VCL laser distortion characteristics; cryogenic temperature; cryogenic vertical cavity laser noise; low power vertical cavity laser; measurement link noise; photodiode shot noise; room temperatures; Cryogenics; Frequency; High speed optical techniques; Laser noise; Noise level; Noise measurement; Optical arrays; Optical attenuators; Optical noise; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Electronic-Enhanced Optics, Optical Sensing in Semiconductor Manufacturing, Electro-Optics in Space, Broadband Optical Networks, 2000. Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
Conference_Location :
Aventura, FL, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6252-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2000.869735
