Study of Microintegrated External-Cavity Diode Lasers: Simulations, Analysis, and Experiments

Author

Radziunas, M. ; Tronciu, V.Z. ; Luvsandamdin, E. ; Kurbis, C. ; Wicht, A. ; Wenzel, H.

Author_Institution

Weierstrass Inst., Berlin, Germany

Volume

51

Issue

2

fYear

2015

fDate

Feb. 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

This paper reports the results of numerical and experimental investigations of the dynamics of an external-cavity diode laser device composed of a semiconductor laser and an external Bragg grating, which provides optical feedback. Due to the influence of the feedback, this system can operate in different dynamic regimes. The traveling-wave model is used for simulations and analysis of the nonlinear dynamics in the considered laser device. Based on this model, a detailed analysis of the optical modes is performed, and the stability of the stationary states is discussed. It is shown that the results obtained from the simulation and analysis of the device are in a good qualitative agreement with the experimental findings.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; laser beams; laser feedback; laser modes; laser stability; microcavity lasers; nonlinear optics; semiconductor lasers; external Bragg grating; external-cavity diode laser device dynamics; microintegrated external-cavity diode lasers; nonlinear dynamics; optical feedback; optical modes; semiconductor laser; stationary state stability; traveling-wave model; Analytical models; Cavity resonators; Equations; Laser modes; Mathematical model; Numerical models; Optical feedback; External cavity; cavity modes; diode laser; external cavity; mode transitions; multi-stability; semiconductor; traveling wave model;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JQE.2014.2377557

Filename

6974983