Multilongitudinal-mode dynamics in a semiconductor laser subject to optical injection

Author

White, John K. ; Moloney, J.V. ; Gavrielides, A. ; Kovanis, V. ; Hohl, A. ; Kalmus, R.

Author_Institution

Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA

Volume

34

Issue

8

fYear

1998

fDate

8/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1469

Lastpage

1473

Abstract

Multilongitudinal-mode dynamics in a semiconductor laser subject to optical injection are investigated both experimentally and numerically. We found that there are parameter regimes for which the slave laser hops into an adjacent longitudinal mode as we vary the detuning of the optical frequencies between the master and slave laser. A traveling wave model is used to numerically investigate the mode hopping. Good qualitative agreement is found between the numerical computations and the experimental observations

Keywords

laser modes; laser theory; laser tuning; semiconductor device models; semiconductor lasers; adjacent longitudinal mode hopping; detuning; experimental observations; master laser; multilongitudinal-mode dynamics; numerical computations; optical frequencies; optical injection; semiconductor laser; slave laser; traveling wave model; Differential equations; Frequency; High speed optical techniques; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Laser stability; Master-slave; Nonlinear optics; Optical feedback; Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.704344

Filename

704344