Noise equivalent circuit of a two-mode semiconductor laser with the contribution of both the linear and the nonlinear gain

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 304-308

  Bich Ha, Tran Thi ^a   Mollier, Jean Claude ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b IEEE

Author keywords

Equivalent circuit; Laser noise; Nonlinearities; Semiconductor device modeling; Semiconductor laser

Indexed keywords

EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; LASER MODES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

LANGEVIN NOISE; LOW FREQUENCY RELATIVE INTENSITY NOISE (RIN) ENHANCEMENT;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031109088     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.605671     Document Type: Review

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