Optical injection in semiconductor ring lasers:: backfire dynamics

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作者
Gelens, Lendert [1 ]
Beri, Stefano [1 ]
Van der Sande, Guy [1 ]
Danckaert, Jan [1 ]
Calabretta, Nicola [2 ]
Dorren, Harm J. S. [2 ]
Notzel, Richard [2 ]
Bente, Erwin A. J. M. [2 ]
Smit, Meint K. [2 ]
机构
[1] Vrije Univ Brussels, Dept Appl Phys & Photon, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
[2] Tech Univ Eindhoven, Dept Elect Engn, NL-5600 MB Eindhoven, Netherlands
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10.1364/OE.16.010968
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report on directional mode switching in semiconductor ring lasers through optical injection co-propagating with the lasing mode. The understanding of this novel feature in ring lasers is based on the particular structure of a two-dimensional asymptotic phase space. Our theoretical results are verified numerically and experimentally. (C) 2008 Optical Society of America.
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页码:10968 / 10974
页数:7
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