Theory of stationary generation of a laser with a nonlinear Bragg reflector

Author

Afanas´ev, A.A. ; Tolkacheva, Elena G.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Phys., Acad. of Sci., Minsk, Byelorussia

Volume

32

Issue

10

fYear

1996

fDate

10/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1740

Lastpage

1745

Abstract

The theory of stationary generation of a laser with a nonlinear Bragg (NBR) reflector as one of the cavity mirrors is developed. The analytical expressions determining the laser longitudinal-modes spectrum and the corresponding values of the lasing threshold are derived. It is shown that the output laser radiation can exhibit the multistable dependence on the pump rate value due to the fact that the behavior of the NBR reflection coefficient is also multistable versus the input radiation intensity

Keywords

distributed Bragg reflector lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser modes; laser theory; optical bistability; optical pumping; DBRL; NBR reflection coefficient; cavity mirrors; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; input radiation intensity; laser longitudinal-modes spectrum; lasing threshold; multistable; multistable dependence; nonlinear Bragg reflector; output laser radiation; pump rate value; semiconductor lasers; stationary laser generation; Gratings; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Mirrors; Optical bistability; Optical propagation; Optical reflection; Optical resonators; Periodic structures; Pump lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.538779

Filename

538779