• DocumentCode
    1469450
  • Title

    Dispersive Optical Bistability in Quantum Wells With Logarithmic Gain

  • Author

    Vivero, Tania ; Rivas-Moscoso, José Manuel ; González-Marcos, Ana Pilar ; Martín-Pereda, José Antonio

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Photonic Technol., Univ. Politec. de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
  • Volume
    46
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    1184
  • Lastpage
    1190
  • Abstract
    We present an analytical model for studying optical bistability in semiconductor lasers that exhibit a logarithmic dependence of the optical gain on carrier concentration. Model results are shown for a Fabry-Pe¿rot quantum-well laser and compared with the predictions of a commercial computer-aided design (CAD) software tool.
  • Keywords
    Fabry-Perot resonators; carrier density; optical bistability; optical dispersion; quantum well lasers; Fabry-Perot laser; carrier concentration; dispersive optical bistability; logarithmic gain; quantum well lasers; semiconductor lasers; Dispersion; Distributed feedback devices; Equations; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical bistability; Optical feedback; Quantum well lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Optical bistability; hysteresis; logarithmic gain; numerical modeling; optical communications; quantum-well;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.2010.2044974
  • Filename
    5446450