EXPLANATION OF DOUBLE-PEAKED INTENSITY NOISE SPECTRUM OF AN EXTERNAL-CAVITY SEMICONDUCTOR-LASER

Authors
VANEXTER MP HENDRIKS RFM WOERDMAN JP VANDERPOEL CJ
Citation
Mp. Vanexter et al., EXPLANATION OF DOUBLE-PEAKED INTENSITY NOISE SPECTRUM OF AN EXTERNAL-CAVITY SEMICONDUCTOR-LASER, Optics communications, 110(1-2), 1994, pp. 137-140
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
110
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
137 - 140
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1994)110:1-2<137:EODINS>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
We give a quantitative explanation for the intriguing double- peaked s tructure in the intensity noise spectrum of an external-cavity semicon ductor laser. We find strong suppression of the intensity noise due to coupling between the subthreshold modes (FM-locking). The measured po wer dependence of the shift and broadening of the double-peaked struct ure allows detailed diagnostics of the laser.