Title :
Modeling rare turn-on events of injection lasers
Author :
Liu, Pao-Lo ; Choy, Michael M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., State Univ. of New York, Amherst, NY, USA
fDate :
8/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An efficient numerical method based on photon statistics and rate equations is developed to simulate rare turn-on events of injection lasers. Results indicate that: (1) during the transient stage, with a probability of 10-9, the side-mode suppression ratio can deteriorate by three orders of magnitude from its steady-state value; (2) there is a turn-on jitter for the main mode, even when the side mode is missing; and (3) the slower the risetime of the laser output the less the transient mode partitioning. The effects of gain compression and driving condition on the transient turn on are discussed
Keywords :
laser modes; laser theory; semiconductor device models; semiconductor junction lasers; driving condition; efficient numerical method; gain compression; injection lasers; main mode; photon statistics; rare turn-on events; rate equations; side-mode suppression ratio; transient mode partitioning; transient stage; transient turn; turn-on jitter; Distributed feedback devices; Error analysis; Fluctuations; Jitter; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Laser noise; Laser theory; Semiconductor lasers; Statistical distributions;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
