• DocumentCode
    2726328
  • Title

    Optical bistability in a semiconductor fiber laser incorporating an electro-absorption modulator

  • Author

    Depa, Michal ; Chen, Lawrence R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    7-10 July 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate optical bistability in a semiconductor fiber laser incorporating an electro-absorption modulator. The width of the bistable region can be controlled by simple adjustment of the laser operating parameters.
  • Keywords
    electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; fibre lasers; optical bistability; semiconductor optical amplifiers; electro-absorption modulator; laser operating parameters; optical bistability; semiconductor fiber laser; Fiber lasers; Optical bistability; Semiconductor lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the
  • Conference_Location
    Sydney
  • Print_ISBN
    978-0-85825-807-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-0-85825-807-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610635
  • Filename
    4610635