Statistical study of the intensity of a multimode laser diode in the low-frequency fluctuations regime

Author

Rogister, F. ; Megret, P. ; Deparis, O. ; Blondel, Mathieu

Author_Institution

Adv. Res. in Opt., Mons Univ., Belgium

fYear

2000

fDate

7-12 May 2000

Firstpage

165

Lastpage

166

Abstract

Summary form only given.Subject to external optical feedback, a laser diode biased near threshold can enter in the low-frequency fluctuations (LFF) regime that is characterized by sudden drop-outs followed by gradual, stepwise, recoveries of the laser mean intensity. We investigate numerically the intensity statistics of a laser diode in the LFF regime by using a multimode extension of the Lang-Kobayashi equations in which the spontaneous emission noise is taken into account.

Keywords

fluctuations; laser feedback; laser modes; laser theory; probability; semiconductor lasers; spontaneous emission; statistical analysis; LFF regime; Lang-Kobayashi equations; biased near threshold; external optical feedback; intensity statistics; laser diode; laser mean intensity; low-frequency fluctuations; low-frequency fluctuations regime; multimode extension; multimode laser diode; spontaneous emission noise; statistical study; Chaos; Chaotic communication; Diode lasers; Fluctuations; Laser feedback; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-634-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2000.906864

Filename

906864