1/f Noise in DBR-Tunable Lasers

Mikhaël Myara (1) , Philippe Signoret (1) , Jean-Philippe Tourrenc , Bernard Orsal (1) , Joel Jacquet (2)

1 CEM2 - Centre d'Electronique et de Micro-optoélectronique de Montpellier
2 LMOPS - Laboratoire Matériaux Optiques, Photonique et Systèmes

Tunable Lasers are key-components for Wavelength Division Multiplexing optical communication applications at 1.55μm. In this paper, we compare a rate equation model with measurements performed in order to study the Bragg section contribution in the 1/f-optical-beam noise power spectral density.

Keywords: 1/f noise; rate equations; Tunable lasers; 1/f noise

Domains: Optics / Photonic

Mikhaël Myara, Philippe Signoret, Jean-Philippe Tourrenc, Bernard Orsal, Joel Jacquet. 1/f Noise in DBR-Tunable Lasers. Fluctuation and Noise Letters, 2006, 6 (1), pp.L35-L43. ⟨10.1142/S0219477506003124⟩. ⟨hal-00218270⟩