Competition between orthogonally polarized transverse modes in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers and its influence on intensity noise

Year: 2000

Authors: Prati F., Giacomelli G., Marin F.

Autors Affiliation: Università degli Studi dell’Insubria, Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Fisiche e Matematiche, Via Lucini 3, 22100 Como, Italy;
Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Largo E. Fermi 6, 50125 Firenze, Italy;
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Firenze and LENS, Largo E. Fermi 2, 50125 Firenze, Italy;
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica della Materia, Unità di Ricerca di Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy;
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica della Materia, Unità di Ricerca di Milano, 50125 Firenze, Italy

Abstract: The influence of transverse modes on the intensity fluctuations of the two orthogonally polarized field components of the electric field in a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser is analyzed both experimentally and theoretically. It is shown that a very high degree of anticorrelation can be obtained in the presence of bistability between two orthogonally polarized first-order modes.

Journal/Review: PHYSICAL REVIEW A

Volume: 62 (3)      Pages from: 033810-1  to: 033810-8

KeyWords: SEMICONDUCTOR-LASERS; MICROCAVITY LASER; FLUCTUATIONS; KRAMERS; VCSELS

Citations: 8
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