Large optical bistability and self pulsations in three section DBR laser diode

Author

Syvridis, D. ; Guekos, G. ; Pajarola, S. ; Tsilis, M.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Quantum Electron., Swiss Federal Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland

Volume

6

Issue

5

fYear

1994

fDate

5/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

594

Lastpage

596

Abstract

A bistable operation with a hysteresis of 24 mA in the power-current curve of a three section DBR laser is reported. The laser threshold at increasing current is 51 mA while in the opposite direction the laser action is sustained down to 27 mA. The same effect was observed by monitoring the laser threshold through the Bragg and phase section currents. In a large part of the current range which corresponds to the bistable laser operation, strong self pulsations have been observed at frequencies between 1.5 GHz and 3.5 GHz with an amplitude of up to 31.4 dB.<>

Keywords

distributed Bragg reflector lasers; hysteresis; optical bistability; semiconductor lasers; 1.5 to 3.5 GHz; 24 mA; 27 mA; 51 mA; Bragg and phase section currents; bistable laser operation; bistable operation; current range; hysteresis; increasing current; large optical bistability; laser action; laser threshold; phase section currents; power-current curve; self pulsations; three section DBR laser diode; Diode lasers; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Optical bistability; Optical feedback; Optical tuning; Semiconductor lasers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.285552

Filename

285552