Title :
Bistable self-starting pulses with THz repetition rate in a semiconductor microring laser
Author :
Gil, L. ; Columbo, L.
Author_Institution :
Inst. du Non Lineaire de Nice, Univ. de Nice Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne, France
Abstract :
In this paper, we have studied the spatio-temporal dynamics of a coherent electric field propagating in a bulk semiconductor microring resonator in the framework of the effective Maxwell-Bloch equations (EMBEs). We derived the continuous waves solutions (CWs) of EMBEs in the limit of high mirrors reflectivity and we analytically studied their linear stability with respect to spatio-temporal perturbations.
Keywords :
Maxwell equations; laser mirrors; laser stability; microcavity lasers; optical bistability; ring lasers; semiconductor lasers; spatiotemporal phenomena; submillimetre wave lasers; EMBE; THz repetition rate; bistable self-starting pulses; bulk semiconductor microring resonator; coherent electric field propagation; continuous waves solution; effective Maxwell-Bloch equation; mirror reflectivity; semiconductor microring laser; spatio-temporal perturbation; Equations; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Mirrors; Optical propagation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Quantum cascade lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4079-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4080-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192856
