Title :
Mode switching by optical injection in tandem quasi-stadium laser diodes
Author :
Fukushima, Takehiro ; Harayama, Takahisa
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Commun. Eng., Okayama Prefectural Univ., Soja
Abstract :
We demonstrate mode switching in tandem quasi-stadium laser diodes. Switching is achieved by optical injection between lasing in the cavity axis and the closed ring trajectory of a quasi-stadium laser resonator.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser modes; optical switches; ring lasers; semiconductor lasers; closed ring trajectory; laser cavity; laser resonator; mode switching; optical injection; tandem quasistadium laser diodes; Diode lasers; Laser beams; Laser modes; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical device fabrication; Optical propagation; Optical resonators; Ring lasers; (140.2020) Diode lasers; (140.3410) Laser resonators;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628757
