Sub-Poissonian light emission from single-mode semiconductor lasers

Jordi Guitart; Sergio Ruiz-Moreno; Paz Morillo

doi:10.1117/12.208225

26 April 1995 Sub-Poissonian light emission from single-mode semiconductor lasers

Jordi Guitart, Sergio Ruiz-Moreno, Paz Morillo

Proceedings Volume 2378, Laser Frequency Stabilization and Noise Reduction; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.208225
Event: Photonics West '95, 1995, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

We focus on the noise characteristics of semiconductor lasers from a theoretical point of view. More precisely, we investigate the possibility of reducing amplitude noise in single-mode semiconductor lasers by forcing emission of sub-Poissonian light. Starting from a statistical laser model based on the photon density matrix equation (master equation) applied to a saturable medium, we have derived a fundamental condition for semiconductor lasers yielding to amplitude noise reduction. However, practical results reveal that sub-Poissonian light emission could only be achieved in the limit by specially designed semiconductor laser structures such as microcavity lasers. On the other hand, conventional bulk lasers must be disregarded as suitable sources for sub-Poissonian light emission.

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Jordi Guitart, Sergio Ruiz-Moreno, and Paz Morillo "Sub-Poissonian light emission from single-mode semiconductor lasers", Proc. SPIE 2378, Laser Frequency Stabilization and Noise Reduction, (26 April 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.208225

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