ANALYTICAL RESULTS OF THE SWITCH ON STATISTICS IN DISTRIBUTED-FEEDBACK LASER-DIODES BY SHORT TRIANGULAR PULSES

The results of a theoretical analysis of the first passage time statis tics in single mode diode lasers are reported. A fast triangular curre nt pulse is used to drive a semiconductor laser in order to approximat e working conditions close to those obtained when the transmission rat e is limited by the parasitics of the driving circuit. The results sho w a very good agreement with numerical simulations of the nonlinear ev olution of the dynamical system demonstrating the accuracy of the appr oximations involved in our theory.