Mode-partition noise in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

被引:65
作者
Law, JY [1 ]
Agrawal, GP [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV ROCHESTER,ROCHESTER THEORY CTR,ROCHESTER,NY 14627
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
diffusion processes; laser modes; laser noise; semiconductor device noise; surface-emitting lasers;
D O I
10.1109/68.559380
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We present a numerical study of the effects of carrier diffusion and spatial hole-burning on the noise characteristics of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSEL's) under both single-mode and multimode operations, In the case of single-mode operation, VCSEL noise characteristics are similar to those of edge-emitting lasers except for a diffusion-induced damping of relaxation oscillations, Under multimode operation, VCSEL's exhibit low-frequency noise enhancement due to mode partition, However, depending on the spatial distributions of the transverse modes excited, the mode-partition noise characteristics can be quite different.
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