Title :
Study of longitudinal mode coupling in a semiconductor ring laser
Author :
Born, C.J. ; Hill, M. ; Yu, S. ; Sorel, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Bristol Univ., UK
Abstract :
Heterodyne detection has been used to obtain high resolution optical spectra from a semiconductor ring laser. The spectra have been fitted to an analytic model to extract information about linear and nonlinear mode coupling mechanisms.
Keywords :
coupled mode analysis; heterodyne detection; infrared spectra; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; laser variables measurement; multiwave mixing; ring lasers; semiconductor lasers; heterodyne detection; high resolution optical spectra; linear mode coupling; longitudinal mode coupling; multiwave mixing; ring laser; semiconductor laser; Frequency measurement; Laser modes; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical coupling; Optical mixing; Optical reflection; Ring lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8557-8
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363093
