Title :
Statistical study of the time between total power dropouts in a VCSEL operating in the low-frequency fluctuations regime
Author :
Sciamanna, M. ; Rogister, F. ; Locquet, A. ; Megret, P. ; Blondel, M.
Author_Institution :
Electromagnetism & Telecommun. Dept., Faculte Polytechnique de Mons, Belgium
Abstract :
We study numerically the statistics of the time between total power dropouts in a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) subject to optical feedback. We show the possibility to force the periodicity of the dropouts and we compare the results to those of edge-emitting lasers.
Keywords :
laser feedback; laser theory; semiconductor device models; semiconductor lasers; statistical analysis; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; edge-emitting lasers; external optical feedback; low-frequency fluctuations regime; optical feedback; periodicity; probability distribution; semiconductor lasers; sinusoidally modulated injection current; statistics; total power dropouts; Equations; Fluctuations; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Optical feedback; Optical polarization; Power lasers; Probability distribution; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chiba, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6738-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.970864
