Correlated fluctuations in the polarization modes of a vertical-cavity semiconductor laser
Author(s) -
Marnix Willemsen,
M. P. van Exter,
J. P. Woerdman
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
physical review a
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1094-1622
pISSN - 1050-2947
DOI - 10.1103/physreva.60.4105
Subject(s) - physics , polarization (electrochemistry) , laser , semiconductor , semiconductor laser theory , optics , optoelectronics , chemistry
The correlated intensity fluctuations in the two polarization modes ( x and y) of a TEM00 vertical-cavity semiconductor laser are studied experimentally and theoretically. We show that the dynamics of the laser polarization and total output power are almost completely decoupled, and demonstrate how the frequency dependence of the correlation function Cxy is related to dichroism and relaxation oscillations. @S1050-2947 ~99!08211-6#
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