Dynamic instabilities in master oscillator power amplifier semiconductor lasers

Author

Egan, A. ; Ning, C.Z. ; Moloney, J.V. ; Indik, R.A. ; Wright, M.W. ; Bossert, D.J. ; McInerney, J.G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Math., Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA

Volume

34

Issue

1

fYear

1998

fDate

1/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

166

Lastpage

170

Abstract

We investigate theoretically the master oscillator power amplifier using a semiconductor laser model that is fully time and space (laterally and longitudinally) resolved. We numerically examine the stability of the device and identify the nature of the different instabilities. These can arise from undamped relaxation oscillations, beating between the longitudinal modes of any of the cavities that comprise the device, or lateral filamentation

Keywords

filamentation instability; laser modes; laser stability; laser theory; semiconductor device models; semiconductor lasers; beating; cavities; dynamic instabilities; lateral filamentation; laterally resolved; longitudinal modes; longitudinally resolved; master oscillator power amplifier semiconductor lasers; semiconductor laser model; space resolved; stability; time resolved; undamped relaxation oscillations; Charge carrier density; Laser modes; Laser theory; Numerical stability; Oscillators; Power amplifiers; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.655020

Filename

655020