Turn-on jitter of external-cavity semiconductor lasers

Author

Hernandez-Garcia, Emilio ; Mirasso, C.R. ; Shore, K.A. ; Miguel, San

Author_Institution

Dept. de Fisica, Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Volume

30

Issue

2

fYear

1994

fDate

2/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

241

Lastpage

248

Abstract

Analytical expressions, validated by numerical simulations, are obtained for the turn-on delay jitter of semiconductor lasers subjected to weak optical feedback in short external cavities. The results show explicitly that displacement of the external reflector on optical wavelength scales causes significant changes in the switch-on dynamics of the laser. It is found that more than a 400% increase of jitter can occur under certain circumstances. The demonstrated sensitivity of laser switch-on dynamics to reflector location is considered to be particularly relevant to the performance of packaged laser diodes

Keywords

laser cavity resonators; laser theory; semiconductor lasers; sensitivity; external reflector; external-cavity semiconductor lasers; laser switch-on dynamics; numerical simulations; optical wavelength scales; packaged laser diodes; reflector location; sensitivity; short external cavities; switch-on dynamics; turn-on delay jitter; turn-on jitter; weak optical feedback; Delay; Diode lasers; Jitter; Laser feedback; Laser transitions; Numerical simulation; Optical feedback; Optical sensors; Packaging; Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.283766

Filename

283766