Laser heterodyne optovoltaic effect in the microwave range

Dynamic characteristics of the optovoltaic effect in the mega-and gigahertz range have been studied by detecting longitudinal modes of a semiconductor injection laser diode with a tunable external resonator. The electron lifetime in the active region of the p-n junction was determined by measuring t...

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Published inTechnical physics letters Vol. 32; no. 6; pp. 514 - 516
Main Author Akchurin, G. G.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer Nature B.V 01.06.2006
Subjects
Beat frequencies
Coherent radiation
Dynamic characteristics
Electron recombination
Electrons
Injection current
Injection lasers
Lasers
P-n junctions
Resonators
Semiconductor lasers
Tunable lasers
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Summary:Dynamic characteristics of the optovoltaic effect in the mega-and gigahertz range have been studied by detecting longitudinal modes of a semiconductor injection laser diode with a tunable external resonator. The electron lifetime in the active region of the p-n junction was determined by measuring the amplitude of the alternating injection current component at an intermode beat frequency in the course of resonator length tuning. As the resonator length was varied from 1 m to 3 cm, the beat frequency changed from 150 MHz to 5 GHz. In this case, the characteristic range of the optovoltaic effect in GaAlAs laser diodes (λ = 0.82 μm) is limited by the spontaneous electron recombination time, which is on the order of 0.8 ns. An electron-photon noise resonance has been observed in the coherent radiation and in the injection current.
ISSN:1063-7850
1090-6533
DOI:10.1134/S1063785006060198