HYSTERESIS AND MULTISTABLE BEHAVIOR IN A POLARIZATION SELF-MODULATED EXTERNAL RING CAVITY SEMICONDUCTOR-LASER

被引:4
作者
LOH, WH
SCHREMER, AT
TANG, CL
机构
[1] School of Electrical Engineering, Cornell University, NY, Ithaca
关键词
Nonlinear systems; Semiconductor lasers; Stability;
D O I
10.1049/el:19901067
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The polarisation self-modulated laser exhibits various ‘polarisation modes’ which can be switched among themselves by varying the applied voltage of the intra-cavity electro-optic waveplate. Strong hysteresis tendencies are displayed in this switching behaviour and multistability has been observed. Switching among the modes can also be simply initiated by perturbing the diode laser with short current pulses. © 1990, The Institution of Electrical Engineers. All rights reserved.
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页码:1666 / 1668
页数:3
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