Low-frequency noise characteristics of channel substrate planar GaAlAs laser diodes

Abstract
The influence of external feedback on low‐frequency noise generation (100 Hz–10 kHz) in single longitudinal and transverse mode channel substrate planar laser diodes is reported. An increase in noise by as much as 60 dB was induced by external feedback as small as 0.04%. The induced intensity variations were observed to be sensitive to both phase and amplitude of the externally reflected light.