Generation and Quenching of Intensity Pulsations in Semiconductor Lasers Coupled to External Cavities

Lau, Kam Y. and Figueroa, Luis and Yariv, Amnon (1980) Generation and Quenching of Intensity Pulsations in Semiconductor Lasers Coupled to External Cavities. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 16 (12). pp. 1329-1336. ISSN 0018-9197. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20120720-125349752

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Abstract

The behavior of self-pulsing and nonpulsing lasers coupled to external cavities is investigated experimentally and theoretically. We investigate the dependence of the pulsation characteristics on the external cavity length using a saturable absorber model for self-pulsing lasers. It was found that quenching of self-pulsation occurs only for a certain limited range of external cavity length, and the frequencies of external-cavity induced pulsations lies within a certain range determined by the coupling coefficient. Small-signal analysis allows these ranges to be derived analytically. Hitherto, complex pulsation phenomena can be explained very intuitively by interpreting the combined laser-external cavity system as a microwave oscillator with a limited gain band and discrete mode structure.

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© 1980 IEEE. Manuscript received December 4, 1979; revised July 24, 1980. This work was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant ENG-7604927-AO4, the Office of Naval Research under Contract N00014-76-0322, and by DARPA, and monitored by NRL under Contract N00173-78-C-0192.

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Funding Agency	Grant Number
NSF	ENG-7604927-A04
Office of Naval Research (ONR)	N00014-76-0322
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)	UNSPECIFIED
Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)	N00173-78-C-0192

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Diode lasers; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Laser theory; Masers; Microwave oscillators; Optical coupling; Predictive models; Semiconductor lasers

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Kam Lau; Figueroa, L.; Yariv, A.; , "Generation and quenching of intensity pulsations in semiconductor lasers coupled to external cavities," Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of , vol.16, no.12, pp. 1329- 1336, Dec 1980 doi: 10.1109/JQE.1980.1070422 URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=1070422&isnumber=23005

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