SWITCHING POWER DEPENDENCE ON DETUNING AND CURRENT IN BISTABLE DIODE-LASER AMPLIFIERS

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PAN, ZQ [1 ]
LIN, HC [1 ]
DAGENAIS, M [1 ]
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[1] UNIV MARYLAND,JOINT PROGRAM ADV ELECTR MAT,COLLEGE PK,MD 20742
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10.1063/1.104569
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O59 [应用物理学];
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Measurements of the optical power required to switch on-and-off an optical bistable diode laser amplifier as a function of detuning and current from threshold are presented. Good quantitative agreement between the theory for a nonlinear Fabry-Perot and the experimental results are obtained. A linewidth enhancement factor of 3.1 and a value for the change of the refractive index versus carrier density of -1.8 x 10(-20) cm3 are extracted from the measurements.
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