Analysis of stability in two-mode laser systems

Author

Lin, Ching-Fuh ; Ku, Pei-Cheng

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan

Volume

32

Issue

8

fYear

1996

fDate

8/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1377

Lastpage

1382

Abstract

Stability in two-mode laser systems is analyzed by considering both the gain saturation and the absorption saturation. The analysis shows that the two-mode laser systems could exhibit new types of stability other than previously predicted and have at most triple stable steady states. The influences of the saturation coefficients on the stability are studied. The cross saturation of the gain and that of the saturable absorber are found to have an opposite influence on the stability. Analysis also shows that an increasing ratio of the self-saturation coefficient of the saturable absorber to that of the gain favors the new types of stability, including the tristability

Keywords

absorption coefficients; laser modes; laser stability; laser theory; optical bistability; optical saturable absorption; absorption saturation; cross saturation; gain saturation; increasing ratio; optical bistability; saturation coefficients; self-saturation coefficient; triple stable steady states; tristability; two-mode laser system stability analysis; Absorption; Councils; Equations; Laser modes; Laser stability; Laser transitions; Predictive models; Stability analysis; Steady-state;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.511550

Filename

511550