Abstract:The optical spectrum of a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser under microwave frequency current modulation is asymmetric in most cases, i.e., sidebands equidistant from the carrier have unequal powers. Spectra asymmetry is conventionally explained as a result of amplitude modulation affecting a phase-modulated field, but this approach does not give a comprehensive description of the asymmetry. We performed a sequential analysis based on Maxwell’s equations accounting for the nonlinear interaction of five sp… Show more
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