title: Self-quenching of fundamental phase and amplitude noise in semiconductor lasers with dispersive loss.
abstract: We show theoretically that the incorporation of a frequency-dependent loss mechanism in a semiconductor laser can lead, in concert with the amplitude-to-phase coupling, to major reductions of the fundamental intensity and phase noise. A loss dispersion of the wrong sign, on the other hand, leads to an increase of the noise and, at a certain strength, to instability.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yariv
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nabiev
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vahala