Experimental and theoretical study of filtered optical feedback in a semiconductor laser

Author

Fischer, Alexis P A ; Andersen, Ole K. ; Yousefi, Mirvais ; Stolte, Steven ; Lenstra, Daan

Author_Institution

Lab. de Phys. des Lasers, Univ. de Paris-Nord, Villetaneuse, France

Volume

36

Issue

3

fYear

2000

fDate

3/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

375

Lastpage

384

Abstract

We report on the systematical investigation of the steady-state regime and the dynamical behavior of a semiconductor laser subject to delayed filtered optical feedback. We study a Fabry-Perot (FP) interferometer type of filter placed in the external feedback loop of a diode laser. The effects of the filter on the locking of the diode laser frequency to the external cavity modes are described. We report and observe hysteresis, bistability, and multistability and show that all these are well described by a set of rate equations for the coupled laser and FP cavity system. We also present an experimental stability diagram that summarizes the dynamical behavior of the system.

Keywords

Fabry-Perot interferometers; hysteresis; laser accessories; laser cavity resonators; laser feedback; laser frequency stability; laser mode locking; optical bistability; optical filters; semiconductor lasers; Fabry-Perot cavity system; Fabry-Perot interferometer type filter; bistability; coupled laser; delayed filtered optical feedback; diode laser; diode laser frequency; dynamical behavior; external cavity modes; external feedback loop; filtered optical feedback; hysteresis; laser frequency locking; multistability; rate equations; semiconductor laser; stability diagram; steady-state regime; systematical investigation; Delay; Diode lasers; Fabry-Perot; Laser feedback; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Optical feedback; Optical filters; Semiconductor lasers; Steady-state;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.825886

Filename

825886