Abstract

Much experimental and theoretical work has been recently devoted to the carrier transport effects in the high-frequency properties of quantum-well (QW) lasers. Most of these studies has concentrated on the small-signal response of the laser (1], (2]. Experimental (3] and theoretical (4] investigations of carrier transport effects in the gain-switched dynamics of QW laser s under large-signal modulation has been also reported. However, no work has yet been carried out to determine the effect carrier transport has in the turn-on time statistics of QW lasers modulated at GHz rates. In bulk lasers it has been shown that turn-on delay time and timing jitter are dependent on the modulation frequency (5].

© 1996 Optical Society of America