title: Observation of slow light in the noise spectrum of a vertical external cavity surface-emitting laser.
abstract: The role of coherent population oscillations is evidenced in the noise spectrum of an ultralow noise laser. This effect is isolated in the intensity noise spectrum of an optimized single-frequency vertical external cavity surface-emitting laser. The coherent population oscillations induced by the lasing mode manifest themselves through their associated dispersion that leads to slow light effects probed by the spontaneous emission present in the nonlasing side modes.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, CNRS-Université Paris Sud 11, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France. karim.el-amili@u-psud.fr
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authors.lastname: El Amili
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authors.lastname: Miranda
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authors.lastname: Goldfarb
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authors.lastname: Baili
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authors.lastname: Beaudoin
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authors.lastname: Sagnes
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authors.lastname: Bretenaker
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authors.lastname: Alouini