Highly coherent semiconductor lasers / Motoichi Ohtsu.
By: Ohtsu, Motoichi.
Material type: BookSeries: Artech House optoelectronics library: Publisher: Boston : Artech House, c1992Description: xi, 340 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0890064628.Subject(s): Semiconductor lasersDDC classification: 621.366Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
THis book shows you the principles of operation, device structure, noise properties, and a wide range of possible application systems of semiconductor lasers, and describes methods for improving their coherence. Supported by 300 equations and 169 illustrations.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Structure and oscillation mechanisms -- Optical frequency discriminators, detections and modulations -- FM noise reduction and improvement of frequency accuracy -- Optical phase locking and frequency sweep -- Applications of highly coherent semiconductor lasers -- Toward the future -- Conclusion.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface (p. xi)
- Chapter 1 Introduction (p. 1)
- 1.1 Requirements of Highly Coherent Semiconductor Lasers (p. 1)
- 1.2 Five Requirements to Be Met (p. 2)
- Chapter 2 Structure and Oscillation Mechanisms (p. 7)
- 2.1 Coherence of Light (p. 7)
- 2.2 Device Structures (p. 15)
- 2.3 Formulation of Laser Oscillation (p. 30)
- 2.4 Noise Characteristics (p. 33)
- 2.4.1 Intensity Noise (p. 33)
- 2.4.2 Frequency Noise (p. 36)
- 2.5 Coherence Deterioration Induced in Semiconductor Lasers by Specific Noise (p. 40)
- 2.5.1 Oscillation Instabilities Induced by Reflected Lightwaves (p. 40)
- 2.5.2 Mode-Hopping and Mode-Partition Noise (p. 43)
- Chapter 3 Optical Frequency Discriminators, Detections, and Modulations (p. 61)
- 3.1 Optical Frequency Demodulators (p. 62)
- 3.2 Noise Sources in the FM Noise Detection System (p. 85)
- 3.3 Modulation Characteristics of a Semiconductor Laser (p. 93)
- Chapter 4 FM Noise Reduction and Improvement of Frequency Accuracy (p. 101)
- 4.1 Center Frequency Stabilization of the Field Spectrum (p. 101)
- 4.2 Improvements in the Accuracy and Reproducibility of the Stabilized Laser Frequency (p. 108)
- 4.3 Wideband FM Noise Reduction (p. 113)
- 4.3.1 Negative Electrical Feedback (p. 113)
- 4.3.2 Injection Locking and Optical Feedback (p. 124)
- Chapter 5 Optical Phase Locking and Frequency Sweep (p. 145)
- 5.1 Optical Phase- and Frequency-Locked Loops (p. 145)
- 5.1.1 Heterodyne Optical Phase-Locked Loop (p. 149)
- 5.1.2 Homodyne Optical Phase-Locked Loop (p. 158)
- 5.1.3 Other Promising Techniques (p. 162)
- 5.2 Stable, Accurate, and Wideband Optical Frequency Sweep (p. 167)
- 5.2.1 Fine Frequency Sweep (p. 167)
- 5.2.2 Wideband Coarse Frequency Sweep (p. 167)
- Chapter 6 Applications of Highly Coherent Semiconductor Lasers (p. 173)
- 6.1 Optical Communication Systems (p. 173)
- 6.2 Optical Measurements (p. 177)
- 6.2.1 Passive Ring Resonator-Type Fiber Gyroscope (p. 177)
- 6.2.2 Velocity and Displacement Measurements (p. 182)
- 6.3 Photon Scanning Tunneling Microscope (p. 183)
- 6.4 Analytical Spectroscopy (p. 192)
- 6.4.1 Laser Radar (Lidar) (p. 192)
- 6.4.2 Isotope Separation and Analysis of Radicals (p. 193)
- 6.5 Optical Pumping of Atomic Clocks (p. 196)
- 6.5.1 Cesium Atomic Clock at 9.2 GHz (p. 196)
- 6.5.2 Rubidium Atomic Clock at 6.8 GHz (p. 199)
- 6.6 Quantum Optics and Basic Physics (p. 209)
- 6.6.1 High-Resolution Spectroscopy of Atoms and Molecules (p. 209)
- 6.6.2 Test of Basic Principles of Physics (p. 214)
- 6.6.3 Manipulations of Atoms and Ions (p. 217)
- 6.6.4 Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics (Cavity QED) (p. 225)
- Chapter 7 Toward the Future (p. 235)
- 7.1 Improvement in Device Structure (p. 235)
- 7.1.1 Advanced Longitudinal-Mode Controlled Lasers (p. 235)
- 7.1.2 Narrow-Linewidth Lasers (p. 240)
- 7.1.3 Wideband Frequency Sweep (p. 244)
- 7.1.4 Realization of Novel Lasing Wavelengths (p. 244)
- 7.1.5 High-Power Laser Devices (p. 247)
- 7.1.6 Reduction of Chirping (p. 249)
- 7.2 Expansion of the Lasing Frequency Range (p. 251)
- 7.2.1 Short-Wavelength Lasers (p. 251)
- 7.2.2 Stable, Wideband Optical Sweep Generators (p. 255)
- 7.3 Ultrafast Detection of Lightwaves, Waveform Conversion, and Optical-Frequency Counting Systems (p. 257)
- 7.4 Generation and Application of Nonclassical Photons (p. 261)
- 7.4.1 Photon Antibunching and the Properties of the Squeezed State of Light (p. 261)
- 7.4.2 Quantum Nondemolition Measurements (p. 266)
- 7.5 Control and Manipulation of Atoms and Photons (p. 268)
- 7.6 High-Power Lasers and Optical Energy Storage (p. 270)
- Chapter 8 Conclusion (p. 281)
- Appendix I Quantization of the Light Field (p. 283)
- Appendix II Definitions of the Measures for Evaluating the FM Noise Magnitude (p. 293)
- Appendix III Methods for Measuring FM Noise and the Allan Variance Real-Time Processing System (p. 301)
- Appendix IV Rate Equation and Relaxation Oscillation (p. 311)
- Appendix V Theoretical Analyses of Optical Phase-Locked Loops (p. 315)
- Index (p. 337)