Modulation Properties of Semiconductor Lasers

Semiconductor lasers are critically important elements in optical communications systems because of their small size, high power, ease of modulation and, unlike other lasers, their potentially very low cost because the entire laser can be fabricated using planar processing. The intensity and frequency of semiconductor lasers can be conveniently modulated by modulating the current to the lasers. These lasers can be modulated at extraordinarily high frequencies because stimulated emission considerably shortens the carrier lifetime below the level of other nonlasing devices such as FETs, photodiodes, and light-emitting diodes.

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