AMPLITUDE SQUEEZING FROM SPECTRAL-HOLE BURNING - A SEMICLASSICAL THEORY

被引:10
作者
ARNAUD, J
机构
[1] Equipe de Microoptoélectronique de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier II, Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, 34095 Montpellier Cédex 2, Place E. Bataillon
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1993年 / 48卷 / 03期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.48.2235
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Spectral-hole burning (SHB) profoundly affects the modulation and noise properties of laser oscillators and amplifiers at high optical power. The present semiclassical theory of SHB shows that the optical gain should be considered a function of the carrier number and photon rate (rather than photon number) plus a fluctuation at the shot-noise level (for full population inversion). Constant-voltage-driven laser diodes generate amplitude-squeezed light, a result not predicted by previous theories that treat gain compression in a formal way. Amplitude and phase noise of oscillators and amplifiers are considered.
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页码:2235 / 2245
页数:11
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