DocumentCode
1539970
Title
Hysteresis and multistable behaviour in a polarisation self-modulated external ring cavity semiconductor laser
Author
Loh, Wei H. ; Schremer, A.T. ; Tang, Chang L.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Electr. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Volume
26
Issue
20
fYear
1990
Firstpage
1666
Lastpage
1668
Abstract
The polarisation self-modulated laser exhibits various ´polarisation modes´ which can be switched among themselves by varying the applied voltage of the intra-cavity electro-optic waveplate. Strong hysteresis tendencies are displayed in this switching behaviour and multistability has been observed. Switching among the modes can also be simply initiated by perturbing the diode laser with short current pulses.
Keywords
laser cavity resonators; laser modes; light polarisation; nonlinear optics; ring lasers; semiconductor junction lasers; stability; diode laser; external ring cavity semiconductor laser; half-wave plate; hysteresis; intra-cavity electro-optic waveplate; mode switching by current pulses; multistability; multistable behaviour; polarisation modes; polarisation self-modulated laser; short current pulses; switching behaviour;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19901067
Filename
58169
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