Title :
Optical Bistability Behavior in a Distributed Coupling Coefficient Nonuniform DFB Semiconductor Laser Amplifier
Author :
Tahvili, M. Saeed ; Sheikhi, M. Hossein
Author_Institution :
Shiraz Univ., Shiraz
Abstract :
In this paper, a distributed feedback (DFB) semiconductor laser amplifier (SLA) with nonuniform grating is studied for optical bistability behavior. The investigation is focused on distributed coupling coefficient (DCC) structures which have a corrugation with nonuniform depth along the cavity. A modified implementation of transfer-matrix method is used to take gain saturation and coupling coefficient variation along the DCC DFB structure into account. Wavelength dependence of optical bistability and the effect of gain-tuning in DCC DFB SLA´s are demonstrated.
Keywords :
distributed feedback lasers; feedback amplifiers; optical bistability; semiconductor lasers; distributed coupling coefficient; distributed feedback; optical bistability; semiconductor laser amplifier; Distributed amplifiers; Distributed feedback devices; Gratings; Optical bistability; Optical coupling; Optical feedback; Optical saturation; Optical signal processing; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, 2007. ICEAA 2007. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0767-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0767-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICEAA.2007.4387441
