Welcome to the new version of CaltechAUTHORS. Login is currently restricted to library staff. If you notice any issues, please email coda@library.caltech.edu
Published May 1, 1986 | public
Journal Article Open

Intermodal stability of a coupled-cavity semiconductor laser

Abstract

We present an analysis of the steady-state operation of a two-element coupled-cavity laser near a mode hop. The equations of motion for the two cavities and two relevant modes of a longitudinally coupled-cavity laser are reduced to a system of nondimensional nonlinear ordinary differential equations which describe a general two-element laser. The equations are then solved and the stability of their solutions is analyzed. Depending upon the fill factors for the two modes, there exists an intrinsically multimode oscillation for operating conditions under which it was previously thought that no steady state existed. Under conditions where the multimode state is unstable, both of the single-mode states are stable with bistable transitions occurring only on the boundaries of the unstable multimode regimes.

Additional Information

© Copyright 1986 IEEE. Reprinted with permission. Manuscript received July 29, 1985; revised November 7, 1985. This work was supported by Rockwell International and the Office of Naval Research. The work of R. J. Lang was supported by the National Science Foundation.

Files

LANieeejqe86b.pdf
Files (2.1 MB)
Name Size Download all
md5:f33ecafcecd4fdf6d484ebde16b155e2
2.1 MB Preview Download

Additional details

Created:
August 22, 2023
Modified:
October 16, 2023