Abstract

We study in detail the effect of the anticorrelation of the polarization modes on the total intensity noise of a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser. We show that small polarization-dependent losses can greatly improve the total intensity noise, and we determine and experimentally demonstrate the conditions necessary for optimal intensity noise reduction.

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Spatial distribution of the intensity noise of a vertical-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor laser

A. Bramati, J.-P. Hermier, A. Z. Khoury, E. Giacobino, P. Schnitzer, R. Michalzik, K. J. Ebeling, J.-Ph. Poizat, and Ph. Grangier
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Amplitude-squeezed emission from a transverse single-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser with weakly anticorrelated polarization modes

J. Kaiser, C. Degen, and W. Elsässer
Opt. Lett. 26(21) 1720-1722 (2001)

Polarization-switching influence on the intensity noise of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

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Demonstration of single-mode operation of a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser with optical feedback: the intensity-noise-measurement approach

Marco Romanelli, Jean-Pierre Hermier, Elisabeth Giacobino, and Alberto Bramati
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Optical feedback induces polarization mode hopping in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

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Opt. Lett. 28(17) 1543-1545 (2003)