AM and RIN of a tunable optically pumped 1.6-μm VCSEL

Author

Halbritter, H. ; Riemenschneider, F. ; Jacquet, J. ; Provost, J.-G. ; Sagnes, I. ; Meissner, P.

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Hochfrequenztechnik, Tech. Univ. Darmstadt, Germany

Volume

16

Issue

3

fYear

2004

fDate

3/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

723

Lastpage

725

Abstract

This letter presents for the first time the dynamic characteristics of a tunable optically pumped 1.6-μm vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) based on micromechanic wavelength tuning. The study includes analysis of the small-signal amplitude modulation response, the relative intensity noise, and the influence of different pump lasers on the VCSEL noise. From the measurements, characteristic semiconductor parameters have been derived and are presented.

Keywords

laser cavity resonators; laser noise; laser tuning; micro-optics; micromechanical devices; optical modulation; optical pumping; semiconductor device noise; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; 1.6 mum; AM; RIN; VCSEL noise; analog modulation; characteristic semiconductor parameters; microelectromechanical systems; micromechanical wavelength tuning; micromechanics; optically pumped VCSEL; pump lasers; relative intensity noise; small-signal amplitude modulation response; tunable VCSEL; vertical cavity surface-emitting laser; Laser excitation; Laser noise; Laser tuning; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2004.823707

Filename

1269774