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Title: Amplitude fluctuations and photon statistics of InGaAsP injection lasers

Abstract

The authors experimentally show that the statistical distribution of the light output from an injection laser can be adequately described by the superposition of a coherent electric field and narrow-band Gaussian noise. A technique for measuring these fluctuations in the time domain with a resolution of 120 ps is described. The results for several InGaAsP lasers show that intensity fluctuations in an injection laser are rather large, so that the probability of finding the output below 50 percent of the average power in a 120 ps time interval can be as high as 10/sup -5/.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Bell Laboratories, Crawford Hill Laboratory, Holmdel, NJ 07733
OSTI Identifier:
5035362
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
IEEE J. Quant. Electron.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 19:9
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; FLUCTUATIONS; AMPLITUDES; BEAM EMITTANCE; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; GALLIUM ARSENIDES; GALLIUM PHOSPHIDES; INDIUM ARSENIDES; INDIUM PHOSPHIDES; MEASURING METHODS; NOISE; PHOTON BEAMS; TIME RESOLUTION; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; ARSENIDES; BEAMS; FUNCTIONS; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; LASERS; PHOSPHIDES; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PNICTIDES; RESOLUTION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; TIMING PROPERTIES; VARIATIONS; 420300* - Engineering- Lasers- (-1989)

Citation Formats

Liu, P L, Burrus, C A, Fenal, L E, Kaminow, I P, Ko, J S, and Lee, T P. Amplitude fluctuations and photon statistics of InGaAsP injection lasers. United States: N. p., 1983. Web. doi:10.1109/JQE.1983.1072055.
Liu, P L, Burrus, C A, Fenal, L E, Kaminow, I P, Ko, J S, & Lee, T P. Amplitude fluctuations and photon statistics of InGaAsP injection lasers. United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.1983.1072055
Liu, P L, Burrus, C A, Fenal, L E, Kaminow, I P, Ko, J S, and Lee, T P. 1983. "Amplitude fluctuations and photon statistics of InGaAsP injection lasers". United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.1983.1072055.
@article{osti_5035362,
title = {Amplitude fluctuations and photon statistics of InGaAsP injection lasers},
author = {Liu, P L and Burrus, C A and Fenal, L E and Kaminow, I P and Ko, J S and Lee, T P},
abstractNote = {The authors experimentally show that the statistical distribution of the light output from an injection laser can be adequately described by the superposition of a coherent electric field and narrow-band Gaussian noise. A technique for measuring these fluctuations in the time domain with a resolution of 120 ps is described. The results for several InGaAsP lasers show that intensity fluctuations in an injection laser are rather large, so that the probability of finding the output below 50 percent of the average power in a 120 ps time interval can be as high as 10/sup -5/.},
doi = {10.1109/JQE.1983.1072055},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5035362}, journal = {IEEE J. Quant. Electron.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 19:9,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983},
month = {Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983}
}