Effect of optical feedback on the noise properties of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers

被引:20
作者
Langley, LN [1 ]
Shore, KA [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV COLL N WALES,SCH ELECT ENGN & COMP SYST,BANGOR LL57 1UT,GWYNEDD,WALES
来源
IEE PROCEEDINGS-OPTOELECTRONICS | 1997年 / 144卷 / 01期
关键词
optical feedback; VCSELs; noise properties;
D O I
10.1049/ip-opt:19971063
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
Noise properties of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) subject to optical feedback are investigated via calculations of the relative intensity noise (RIN) and turn-on delay jitter for the device. It is shown that, despite their high facet reflectivities, VCSELs have a similar sensitivity to conventional edge emitting laser diodes towards optical feedback.
引用
收藏
页码:34 / 38
页数:5
相关论文
共 33 条
[1]   REFLECTION NOISE IN VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS [J].
BAE, JW ;
TEMKIN, H ;
SWIRHUN, SE ;
QUINN, WE ;
BRUSENBACH, P ;
PARSONS, C ;
KIM, M ;
UCHIDA, T .
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1993, 63 (11) :1480-1482
[2]   ANALYSIS OF DFB SEMICONDUCTOR-LASERS WITH EXTERNAL OPTICAL FEEDBACK [J].
BEYLAT, JL ;
JACQUET, J .
ELECTRONICS LETTERS, 1988, 24 (09) :509-510
[3]   OPTICAL FEEDBACK-INDUCED NOISE IN PIGTAILED LASER DIODE MODULES [J].
BYRNE, DM ;
MACLEAN, D ;
PLUMB, R .
IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS, 1991, 3 (10) :891-894
[4]   INSTABILITY IN SURFACE EMITTING LASERS DUE TO EXTERNAL OPTICAL FEEDBACK [J].
CHEN, HM ;
TAI, K ;
HUANG, KF ;
KAO, YH ;
WYNN, JD .
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 1993, 73 (01) :16-20
[5]   SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS OF VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS WITH EXTERNAL OPTICAL FEEDBACK [J].
CHUNG, YC ;
LEE, YH .
IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS, 1991, 3 (07) :597-599
[6]   THE CRITICAL AMOUNT OF OPTICAL FEEDBACK FOR COHERENCE COLLAPSE IN SEMICONDUCTOR-LASERS [J].
COHEN, JS ;
LENSTRA, D .
IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, 1991, 27 (01) :10-12
[7]   Transverse-mode selection in external-cavity vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser diodes [J].
Dellunde, J ;
Valle, A ;
Shore, KA .
JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS, 1996, 13 (11) :2477-2483
[8]  
DELLUNDE J, 1996, OPT SOC AM INT QUANT
[9]  
DELLUNDE J, 1996, OPT SOC AM INTEGRATE
[10]   THEORETICAL-ANALYSIS OF EXTERNAL OPTICAL FEEDBACK ON DFB SEMICONDUCTOR-LASERS [J].
FAVRE, F .
IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, 1987, 23 (01) :81-88