• DocumentCode
    1032081
  • Title

    Analysis of the stability of the highest-order supermode in semiconductor laser arrays

  • Author

    Thompson, G.H.B. ; Whiteaway, J.E.A.

  • Author_Institution
    STC Technology Limited, Harlow, UK
  • Volume
    23
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1987
  • Firstpage
    444
  • Lastpage
    446
  • Abstract
    Uniform evanescently coupled laser arrays tend to oscillate in the highest-order supermode. We show by modelling that this supermode is much more stable with increasing output power than the zero-order supermode.
  • Keywords
    laser theory; semiconductor junction lasers; evanescently coupled laser arrays; highest-order supermode; modelling; output power; semiconductor laser arrays; stability; zero-order supermode;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19870320
  • Filename
    4257650