Title :
Depolarization of external optical feedback on VCSEL and variation of relative intensity noise
Author :
Yoon, Shinyoung ; Lee, Dong-Soo ; Heo, Youngsoon ; Lee, Shinwook ; Ham, Byoung S.
Author_Institution :
ETRI, Optical Communications Research Center, 1110-6, Oryong-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 500-480, S. Korea
Abstract :
By using of optical depolarizer, polarization dependence of external optical feedback on VCSEL is drastically reduced. Relative intensity noise and transmission characteristics of VCSEL are experimentally investigated under various polarization states of external optical feedback.
Keywords :
Laser feedback; Optical attenuators; Optical feedback; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431238
