Turn-on jitter of zero-biased nearly single-mode VCSEL´s

Author

Zei, L. ; Obermann, K. ; Czogalla, T. ; Petermann, K.

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Hochfrequenztech., Tech. Univ. Berlin, Germany

Volume

11

Issue

1

fYear

1999

Firstpage

6

Lastpage

8

Abstract

The turn-on jitter of zero-biased nearly single-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSEL´s) is experimentally investigated. Since during the turn-on event both the dominant and the suppressed polarization are exited, an analytical expression describing the probability density function of the turn-on delay for a single-mode VCSEL is derived, which accounts for both polarizations. The measurement results and the theory are in good agreement as long as the VCSEL is transversal single-mode.

Keywords

jitter; laser modes; laser theory; probability; semiconductor device models; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; dominant polarization; probability density function; single-mode VCSEL; suppressed polarization; transversal single-mode; turn-on delay; turn-on event; zero-biased nearly single-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers; Delay; Filtering; Jitter; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical polarization; Probability density function; Spontaneous emission; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.736372

Filename

736372