Title :
Amplitude noise squeezing performances of semiconductor lasers: VCSELs versus edge emitters
Author :
Elsser, W. ; Vey, J.-L. ; Degen, Ch. ; Kolbel, C.
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Angewandte Phys., Tech. Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany
Abstract :
We demonstrate first successful squeezing of single-polarisation mode VCSELs, and present comprehensive and comparative, both theoretical and experimental studies of the influence of spectral, spatial and polarisation modes on the squeezing performance of edge emitters and VCSELs.
Keywords :
laser modes; laser theory; light polarisation; optical squeezing; semiconductor device models; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; VCSELs; amplitude noise squeezing performances; edge emitter semiconductor lasers; polarisation modes; semiconductor lasers; single-polarisation mode VCSEL squeezing; spatial modes; spectral modes; Laser modes; Laser noise; Laser theory; Noise generators; Noise level; Polarization; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor lasers; Signal to noise ratio; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference, 1998. ISLC 1998 NARA. 1998 IEEE 16th International
Conference_Location :
Nara, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4223-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.1998.734163
