Title :
Dynamics of a two-mode semiconductor laser
Author :
Etrich, C. ; Mandel, Paul ; Abraham, N.B. ; Zeghlache, H.
Author_Institution :
Univ. Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
fDate :
4/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors analyze the properties of a semiconductor laser in a ring cavity when two modes can oscillate. With this model it is shown that phase-sensitive mode-mode interactions can influence the laser dynamics through their dependence on the spatial Fourier components of the carrier density. In particular, these interactions provide a mechanism by which single-mode solutions are destabilized while periodic and quasi-periodic two-mode solutions can occur
Keywords :
laser modes; ring lasers; semiconductor junction lasers; carrier density; laser dynamics; mechanism; phase-sensitive mode-mode interactions; properties; quasi-periodic two-mode solutions; ring cavity; ring semiconductor laser; single-mode solutions; spatial Fourier components; two-mode semiconductor laser; Charge carrier density; Gas lasers; Integral equations; Laser fusion; Laser modes; Laser theory; Nonlinear equations; Physics; Ring lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
