Theoretical calculation of relative intensity noise of multimode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 597-606

  Valle, Angel ^a   Pesquera, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Relative intensity noise (RIN); Semiconductor lasers; Transverse modes; Vertical cavity lasers

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRON RESONANCE; INTEGRATION; LINEARIZATION; MULTIMODE FIBERS; OSCILLATIONS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

MULTIMODE VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS; RELATIVE INTENSITY NOISE; TRANSVERSE MODES;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 3042637629     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2004.828246     Document Type: Article

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