• DocumentCode
    2773963
  • Title

    Directional mode hopping in semiconductor ring lasers

  • Author

    Beri, S. ; Gelens, L. ; Van der Sande, G. ; Verschaffelt, G. ; Mezosi, G. ; Sorel, M. ; Danckaert, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Appl. Phys. & Photonics, Vrije Univ. Brussel, Brussel, Belgium
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    14-19 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    Semiconductor ring lasers (SRLs) are a particular class of lasers whose cavity has a circular geometry. From a theoretical point of view, SRL attracted interest due to their intrinsic Z2 symmetry; on the other hand, the bistability between two counter-rotating modes makes SRLs ideal candidates to efficiently store bits of information in an all-optical way [1,2].
  • Keywords
    laser modes; semiconductor lasers; Z2 symmetry; directional mode hopping; semiconductor ring lasers; Bifurcation; Geometrical optics; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Physics; Ring lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Waveguide lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4079-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4080-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5191471
  • Filename
    5191471