Experimental and theoretical investigations on the modulation capabilities of a sample of vertical cavity surface emitting laser diodes for atomic vapour applications

Christoph Amtmann; Roland Lammegger; Alexander Betzler; Martín Agú; Michaela Ellmeier; Christian Hagen; Irmgard Jernej; Werner Magnes; Andreas Pollinger; Wolfgang E. Ernst

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Experimental and theoretical investigations on the modulation capabilities of a sample of vertical cavity surface emitting laser diodes for atomic vapour applications

Christoph Amtmann^*, Roland Lammegger, Alexander Betzler, Martín Agú, Michaela Ellmeier, Christian Hagen, Irmgard Jernej, Werner Magnes, Andreas Pollinger, Wolfgang E. Ernst

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This paper discusses various frequency modulation and intensity modulation capabilities within a sample of direct laser current modulated identical vertical cavity surface emitting laser diodes. The presented analysis is based on measurements of the spectral amplitudes as a function of the applied modulation power at a constant modulation frequency of 3.517 GHz. Their evaluation by Bessel function fits produces the three modulation parameters: frequency modulation index, intensity modulation index (via the α parameter) and the side band asymmetry of the first order side bands. The variation of the laser diode’s modulation capability is discussed. It is found that the individual laser diodes show a significant variations in their modulation capabilities. Thus an experimental preselection of the laser diode is required to find laser diodes which are suitable as a light source for atomic vapour applications, with special emphasis on a coherent population trapping-based scalar magnetometers.

Original language	English
Article number	31
Journal	Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics
Volume	129
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-023-07971-7
Publication status	Published - Feb 2023

Keywords

Atomic vapour
Direct laser current modulation
Frequency modulation
Intensity modulation
VCSEL
Vertical cavity surface emitting laser

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General Physics and Astronomy

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Amtmann, C., Lammegger, R., Betzler, A., Agú, M., Ellmeier, M., Hagen, C., Jernej, I., Magnes, W., Pollinger, A., & Ernst, W. E. (2023). Experimental and theoretical investigations on the modulation capabilities of a sample of vertical cavity surface emitting laser diodes for atomic vapour applications. Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, 129(2), Article 31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-023-07971-7

Experimental and theoretical investigations on the modulation capabilities of a sample of vertical cavity surface emitting laser diodes for atomic vapour applications. / Amtmann, Christoph ; Lammegger, Roland; Betzler, Alexander et al.
In: Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, Vol. 129, No. 2, 31, 02.2023.

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Amtmann, C , Lammegger, R, Betzler, A, Agú, M, Ellmeier, M, Hagen, C, Jernej, I, Magnes, W, Pollinger, A & Ernst, WE 2023, 'Experimental and theoretical investigations on the modulation capabilities of a sample of vertical cavity surface emitting laser diodes for atomic vapour applications', Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, vol. 129, no. 2, 31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-023-07971-7

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