Title :
Statistical study of the intensity of a multimode laser diode in the low-frequency fluctuations regime
Author :
Rogister, F. ; Megret, P. ; Deparis, O. ; Blondel, Mathieu
Author_Institution :
Adv. Res. in Opt., Mons Univ., Belgium
Abstract :
Summary form only given.Subject to external optical feedback, a laser diode biased near threshold can enter in the low-frequency fluctuations (LFF) regime that is characterized by sudden drop-outs followed by gradual, stepwise, recoveries of the laser mean intensity. We investigate numerically the intensity statistics of a laser diode in the LFF regime by using a multimode extension of the Lang-Kobayashi equations in which the spontaneous emission noise is taken into account.
Keywords :
fluctuations; laser feedback; laser modes; laser theory; probability; semiconductor lasers; spontaneous emission; statistical analysis; LFF regime; Lang-Kobayashi equations; biased near threshold; external optical feedback; intensity statistics; laser diode; laser mean intensity; low-frequency fluctuations; low-frequency fluctuations regime; multimode extension; multimode laser diode; spontaneous emission noise; statistical study; Chaos; Chaotic communication; Diode lasers; Fluctuations; Laser feedback; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-634-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2000.906864
