ACCURATE NONLINEAR VOLTERRA SERIES ANALYSIS FOR VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS

A. M. Matarneh and S. S. A. Obayya

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (Volume:21 , Issue: 19 ), 2009

In this letter, an accurate nonlinear Volterra series analysis for vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) is presented. Closed-form expressions for the modulation response, harmonic distortions, and second- and third-order intermodulation distortions are derived. Moreover, the suggested nonlinear model avoids the numerical solution of laser rate equations and provides in-depth insight of a distortion analysis of VCSEL.