Closely coupled twin-stripe lasers

Author

White, I.H. ; Carroll, J.E. ; Plumb, R.G.

Author_Institution

University of Cambridge, Engineering Department, Cambridge, UK

Volume

129

Issue

6

fYear

1982

fDate

12/1/1982 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

291

Lastpage

296

Abstract

The paper reports on novel effects exhibited by closely coupled twin-stripe lasers, Two forms of bistability have been observed. One effect is possibly caused by switching of waveguiding mechanisms from gain guiding to self-focusing. The second mechanism exhibits a large shift in near-field distribution from one side of the laser to the other. The speed of this bistable switching has been found to be between 800 and 900 ps. The effect of optical injection on bistability is also noted. Finally, twin-stripe lasers allow picosecond pulses as short as 20 ps to be generated, and the paper records the dependence of picosecond pulsewidth on asymmetric waveguiding.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; optical bistability; optical self-focusing; semiconductor junction lasers; GaAlAs laser; asymmetric waveguiding; bistability; bistable switching; closely coupled twin-stripe lasers; effect of optical injection; gain guiding; near-field distribution; picosecond pulsewidth; self-focusing; semiconductor laser; switching of waveguiding mechanisms;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Solid-State and Electron Devices, IEE Proceedings I

Publisher

iet

Conference_Location

12/1/1982 12:00:00 AM

ISSN

0143-7100

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/ip-i-1.1982.0060

Filename

4642661