Title :
Asymmetric beam emission from a symmetric confocal quasistadium laser diode due to locking of two ring-trajectory modes
Author :
Fukushima, Takehiro ; Harayama, Takahisa ; Davis, Peter ; Vaccaro, Pablo O. ; Nishimura, Takehiro ; Aida, Tahito
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Commun. Eng., Okayama Univ., Japan
Abstract :
Lasing modes in a two-dimensional quasistadium resonator with confocal curved end-mirrors were investigated. Asymmetric output beam emission was obtained by the locking of two modes of different symmetry classes corresponding to a closed ring-trajectory.
Keywords :
laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; semiconductor lasers; asymmetric beam emission; confocal curved end-mirrors; symmetric confocal quasistadium laser diode; two ring-trajectory mode locking; two-dimensional quasistadium resonator; Diode lasers; Laser beams; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Mirrors; Optical resonators; Power generation; Ring lasers; Shape control; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
