EFFECT OF CROSS SATURATION ON FREQUENCY FLUCTUATIONS IN A NEARLY SINGLE-MODE SEMICONDUCTOR-LASER

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GRAY, GR
AGRAWAL, GP
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[1] Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
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10.1109/68.79754
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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The effect of side-mode cross saturation on the frequency noise of the main mode is investigated by considering the Langevin rate equations which contain the nonlinear gain with both the self-saturation and cross-saturation terms. When cross saturation is stronger than self saturation, the frequency noise of the main mode is found to be significantly enhanced in the low-frequency regime (< 1 GHz). An increase of more than 20 dB is predicted due to a side mode suppressed by 15-20 dB. The enhanced frequency noise manifests as broadening of the laser linewidth and may affect the performance of coherent optical communication systems.
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