DocumentCode
1027970
Title
Intensity noise of large area vertical cavity surface emitting lasers in multimode optical fibre links
Author
Hahn, K.H. ; Tan, M.R. ; Wang, S.Y.
Author_Institution
Hewlett-Packard Lab., Palo Alto, CA, USA
Volume
30
Issue
2
fYear
1994
fDate
1/20/1994 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
139
Lastpage
140
Abstract
The authors report the measurement of the relative intensity noise (RIN) of large area vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) in a multimode fibre link. It is found that the RIN of the large area VCSELs under modulation is <-120 dBMz below a frequency of 1 GHz and that reflection noise is significantly reduced with modulation.
Keywords
laser cavity resonators; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; optical links; optical modulation; semiconductor device noise; semiconductor lasers; 1 GHz; VCSEL; large area; measurement; modulation; multimode optical fibre links; reflection noise; relative intensity noise; surface emitting lasers; vertical cavity;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19940091
Filename
265299
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