Optimal intensity noise reduction in multimode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers by polarization-selective attenuation.
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.
Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Place Jussieu, Paris, France.
Marco
M
Romanelli
Elisabeth
E
Giacobino
Alberto
A
Bramati