Spontaneous emission spectrum of the non-lasing supermodes in semiconductor laser arrays

Abstract

It is shown that the interference between spontaneous emission into the non-lasing supermode and the laser field of a semiconductor laser array causes spatial holeburning which couples the dynamics of the spontaneous emission with the laser field. In particular, phase locking between the spontaneous emission and the lasing mode leads to the formation of a spectral triplet composed of in-phase relaxation oscillation sidebands and an out-of-phase line at the lasing frequency.

4 pages RevTex and 3 figures, submitted to Optics Letters

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• Quantum Noise and Polarization Fluctuations in Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers
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