Effects of photorefractive phase conjugate feedback on semiconductor laser linewidth

Author

Liby, Bruce W. ; Statman, David ; McInerney, John ; McIver, John K.

Author_Institution

Semicond. Laser Appl. Branch, USAF Phillips Lab., Kirtland AFB, NM, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

25-29 Jul 1994

Firstpage

209

Lastpage

211

Abstract

The effect of phase conjugate feedback on semiconductor laser continues to be a topic of interest. Phase conjugate feedback has the advantage of self-alignment and aberration correction. These properties result in good coupling back into the laser, which is not guaranteed with conventional mirror. On the other hand, it has been demonstrated that the round trip phase delay for an external phase conjugate cavity is set by the laser and the phase conjugate mirror, independent of cavity length. In this presentation we consider the impact of this phase delay on the laser diode linewidth

Keywords

laser cavity resonators; laser feedback; optical phase conjugation; photorefractive effect; semiconductor lasers; aberration correction; cavity length; laser diode linewidth; phase conjugate mirror; photorefractive phase conjugate feedback; round trip phase delay; self-alignment; semiconductor laser linewidth; Delay; Educational institutions; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Laser theory; Mirrors; Optical coupling; Photorefractive effect; Physics; Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals, and Applications, 1994. NLO '94 IEEE

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1473-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NLO.1994.470832

Filename

470832