Intensity Noise Characteristics of Multimode VCSELs

Author

Quirce, A. ; Valle, A. ; Giménez, C. ; Pesquera, L.

Author_Institution

Consejo Super. de Investig. Cientificas(CSIC-UC), Inst. de Fis. de Cantabria, Santander, Spain

Volume

29

Issue

7

fYear

2011

fDate

4/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1039

Lastpage

1045

Abstract

The intensity noise spectra of several multi-transverse mode 1550-nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) have been experimentally investigated. For a VCSEL emitting in two parallel polarized transverse modes the noise spectra of the individual modes and total power show two resonance peaks. The frequencies at which both peaks appear have been measured as a function of the bias current. Our experimental results confirm the theoretical predictions of Valle Differences in the noise spectra are experimentally observed when considering a VCSEL emitting in three transverse modes with polarization instabilities. We show that additional peaks appear in the noise spectra of the total power as the bias current is increased.

Keywords

light polarisation; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; bias current; individual modes; intensity noise characteristics; intensity noise spectra; multimode VCSEL; parallel polarized transverse modes; wavelength 1550 nm; Laser modes; Noise; Optical polarization; Radio frequency; Resonant frequency; Stimulated emission; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Mode partition noise (MPN); relative intensity noise (RIN); semiconductor lasers; transverse modes; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2011.2112754

Filename

5710952