Alternate oscillations in semiconductor ring lasers

被引：113
作者：
Sorel, M
Laybourn, PJR
Scirè, A
Balle, S
Giuliani, G
Miglierina, R
Donati, S
机构：
[1] Univ Glasgow, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Glasgow G12 8LT, Lanark, Scotland
[2] Univ Illes Balears, Consejo Super Invest Cientificas, Inst Mediterraneo Estudios Avanzados, E-07071 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
[3] Univ Pavia, Dipartimento Elettron, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
来源：
OPTICS LETTERS | 2002年 / 27卷 / 22期
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D O I：
10.1364/OL.27.001992
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
We report on fabrication and characterization of single-longitudinal- and transverse-mode semiconductor ring lasers. A bifurcation from bidirectional stable operation to a regime with alternate oscillations of the counter-propagating modes was observed experimentally and is theoretically explained through a two-mode model. Analytical expressions for the onset and the frequency of the oscillations are derived, and L-I curves numerically evaluated. Good quantitative agreement between theory and measurements made over a large number of tested devices is obtained. (C)\ 2002 Optical Society of America.
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页码：1992 / 1994
页数：3
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