• DocumentCode
    2303441
  • Title

    Controllable hysteresis characteristics via spatial gain overlap in multimode interferometer-based bistable laser diodes

  • Author

    Foda, F.F. ; Bastawrous, H.A.

  • Author_Institution
    German Univ. in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    23-27 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    572
  • Lastpage
    573
  • Abstract
    While saturable absorber can control the hysteresis window width in multi-mode-interferometer bi-stable laser diodes, spatial gain overlap showed significant effect on the threshold currents of the hysteresis window.
  • Keywords
    hysteresis; light interferometers; optical design techniques; semiconductor lasers; controllable hysteresis window characteristics; hysteresis window width; multimode interferometer-based bistable laser diodes; optical design; spatial gain overlap; threshold current effect; Absorption; Diode lasers; Hysteresis; Mathematical model; Power generation; Simulation; Threshold current;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Burlingame, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0731-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358749
  • Filename
    6358749