The European Physical Journal Applied Physics
- The European Physical Journal Applied Physics / Volume 58 / Issue 01 / April 2012, 10501 (6 pages)
- © EDP Sciences, 2012
- Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 March 2012
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjap/2012120070 (About DOI)
Photonics
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Experimental study of the delayed threshold phenomenon in a class-A VECSEL
A. El Amilia1 c1, G. Gredata1, M. Alouinia2, I. Sagnesa3 and F. Bretenakera1
a1 Laboratoire Aimé-Cotton, CNRS-Université Paris Sud 11, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
a2 Institut de Physique de Rennes, UMR CNRS-Université de Rennes I 6251, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
a3 Laboratoire de Photonique et Nanostructures, CNRS, 91460 Marcoussis, France
Abstract
An experimental study of the delayed threshold phenomenon in a Vertical Extended Cavity Semiconductor Emitting Laser is carried out. Under modulation of the pump power, the laser intensity exhibits a time delay in the vicinity of the threshold. The evolution of this delay is measured as a function of the modulation frequency and is proved to follow the predicted scaling law. A model based on the rate equations is derived and used to analyze the experimental observations. A frequency variation of the laser around the delayed threshold and induced by the phase-amplitude coupling is predicted and estimated.
(Received February 21 2012)
(Revised March 13 2012)
(Accepted March 20 2012)
(Online publication March 30 2012)
Correspondence:
c1 e-mail: abdelkrimelamili@gmail.com
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