Dynamical properties of a laser diode with optical feedback from an external high-finesse resonator

Author

Etrich, C. ; McCord, A.W. ; Mandel, Paul

Author_Institution

Univ. Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Volume

27

Issue

4

fYear

1991

fDate

4/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

937

Lastpage

945

Abstract

The effect of coupling optically a laser diode to a high-finesse external resonator is described. The authors take into account multiple roundtrips in the external cavity and the carrier finite life-time in the diode laser. The rate equations are studied analytically. Steady states are obtained and their stability determined. Numerical resolution of the equations leads to predicting self-pulsing modes of operation. To the authors´ knowledge, this is the first numerical study of the laser diode rate equations with an infinite number of delay terms. The main result is a stabilization effect due to the high-finesse cavity; neither deterministic chaos nor complicated bifurcation schemes have been found

Keywords

feedback; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; laser theory; semiconductor junction lasers; carrier finite life-time; external cavity; external high-finesse resonator; external resonator; high-finesse cavity; laser diode; multiple roundtrips; optical coupling; optical feedback; rate equations; self-pulsing modes; stabilization effect; steady states; Bifurcation; Chaos; Delay; Diode lasers; Equations; Optical coupling; Optical feedback; Optical resonators; Stability; Steady-state;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.83328

Filename

83328