NOISE AND AMPLITUDE-SQUEEZING PERFORMANCE OF 2-POLARIZATION-MODE SEMICONDUCTOR-LASERS

Using a theoretical semiclassical approach, we study in detail the amp litude fluctuations and correlations of a two-orthogonal polarization- mode semiconductor laser as obtained from a vertical-cavity surface-em itting laser (VCSEL). We demonstrate that there exists the possibility of squeezing in the two-mode regime besides sub-shot-noise emission i n the well-known ideal single-mode operation regime. These theoretical results confirm a recent experimental demonstration of the generation of amplitude-squeezed light with VCSEL's. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America.