Title :
External optical feedback phenomena in semiconductor lasers
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Hochfrequenztech., Tech. Univ. Berlin, Germany
fDate :
6/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The phenomena occurring in semiconductor lasers due to weak external optical feedback are reviewed, including mode hopping and related mode-hopping noise, linewidth narrowing and broadening, and the transition to the coherence collapse regime. Guidelines are given for designing semiconductor lasers, both edge emitters and VCSEL´s, with high endurance against external optical feedback
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser feedback; laser modes; laser noise; optical chaos; semiconductor lasers; VCSEL; coherence collapse regime; edge emitters; external optical feedback phenomen; linewidth broadening; linewidth narrowing; mode hopping; mode-hopping noise; review; semiconductor lasers; Coherence; Guidelines; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Laser noise; Laser transitions; Optical feedback; Optical noise; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor lasers;
Journal_Title :
Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/2944.401232
