ANALYSIS OF THE FAST RECOVERY DYNAMICS OF A SEMICONDUCTOR-LASER WITH FEEDBACK IN THE LOW-FREQUENCY FLUCTUATION REGIME

Authors
HEGARTY SP HUYET G PORTA P MCINERNEY JG
Citation
Sp. Hegarty et al., ANALYSIS OF THE FAST RECOVERY DYNAMICS OF A SEMICONDUCTOR-LASER WITH FEEDBACK IN THE LOW-FREQUENCY FLUCTUATION REGIME, Optics letters, 23(15), 1998, pp. 1206-1208
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
23
Issue
15
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1206 - 1208
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1998)23:15<1206:AOTFRD>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
We experimentally investigate the temporal evolution of the power of a n external cavity semiconductor laser in the low-frequency fluctuation regime with subnanosecond resolution. We show, for the first time to our knowledge, that generally the laser power drops to a value signifi cantly different from the solitary laser power. We demonstrate the ana logy between the recovery of the laser intensity and the turn-on trans ient of a semiconductor laser. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America.