Semiconductor laser dynamics subject to strong optical feedback

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作者
Pan, MW
Shi, BP
Gray, GR
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[1] Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
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10.1364/OL.22.000166
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
An experimental investigation of a semiconductor laser subject to moderate to strong optical feedback shows that sporadic power discontinuities occur everywhere along the boundary separating feedback regimes IV and V. These lo tv-frequency fluctuations (LFF's) do not occur just near the solitary-laser threshold as previously thought. Furthermore, although the LFF's appear as power dropouts near threshold, they manifest as power jump-ups well above threshold. Theoretical modeling shows reasonable agreement with experiments. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America
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