DocumentCode
993162
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
Volume
20
Issue
14
fYear
1984
Firstpage
586
Lastpage
588
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19840405
Filename
4248881
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