Title :
Observation of bistable optical effects in a twin GaAs/GaAlAs diode external cavity ring laser
Author :
McInerney, J. ; Reekie, L. ; Bradley, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Trinity College, Laser Group Department of Pure & Applied Physics, Dublin, Ireland
Abstract :
Hysteresis, slow quasiregular oscillations and bistability have been observed in the output from a laser system consisting of two antireflection coated GaAs/GaAlAs double heterostructure 20 ¿m oxide stripe laser diodes symmetrically placed in an external ring resonator.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; antireflection coatings; gallium arsenide; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical bistability; optical saturable absorption; semiconductor junction lasers; DH semiconductor lasers; GaAs/GaAlAs double heterostructure; III-V semiconductor; antireflection coatings; colliding pulse modelocking; external cavity ring laser; hysteresis; light output/drive current characteristics; optical bistability; resonator; saturable absorption; slow quasiregular oscillations; twin laser diode system;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19840405
