Intensity Noise and Bandwidth Analysis of Nanolasers Via Optical Injection
Abstract
A measurement method that can be used to extract the relative intensity noise of a nanolaser is introduced and analyzed. The method is based on optical injection of emission from a nanolaser serving as a master oscillator, transferring its intensity fluctuations to a low-noise semiconductor laser serving as a slave oscillator. Using the stochastic rate equation formalism, we demonstrate that the total relative intensity noise of the system is a weighted super position of the relative intensity noise of individual lasers. We further discuss the analytical relations that can be used to extract the relative intensity noise spectrum of a nanolaser. Finally, we use mutual correlation as a mathematical tool to quantify the degree of resemblance between the injected and extracted intensity fluctuations, theoretically confirming that the spectra are at least 97% correlated within the 3-dB bandwidth when an injection strength is chosen properly.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 06, 2019
- Accession Number
- AD1090688
Entities
People
- Abdelkrim El Amili
- Cheng-yi Fang
- S Jiang
- Si Hui Pan
- Suruj S. Deka
- Yeshaiahu Fainman
- Zijun Chen
Organizations
- University of California, San Diego