Control of multistability in a directly modulated diode laser

Author

Pisarchik, Alexander N. ; Kuntsevich, Boris F.

Author_Institution

Centro de Investigaciones en Optica, Guanajuato, Mexico

Volume

38

Issue

12

fYear

2002

fDate

12/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1594

Lastpage

1598

Abstract

A semiconductor laser with modulated injection current has the property that many competing behaviors are possible and the system tends to alternate among them. Such a situation is not desirable if a stable output is required. We show with numerical simulations that additional slow harmonic modulation can annihilate undesirable coexisting attractors in this laser. We demonstrate great flexibility of the method in manipulating the laser´s dynamics to select a desired behavior and even to make the system monos table.

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; optical bistability; semiconductor device models; semiconductor lasers; coexisting attractors; competing behaviors; directly modulated diode laser multistability control; laser dynamics; modulated injection current; monostable lasers; numerical simulations; semiconductor laser; slow harmonic modulation; stable output; Chaotic communication; Diode lasers; High speed optical techniques; Laser noise; Laser theory; Numerical simulation; Optical control; Optical pulses; Semiconductor lasers; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JQE.2002.805110

Filename

1088072