All-optical microwave oscillations and pulsating dynamics in laser diodes with short external cavity

Author

Sciamanna, M. ; Erneux, T. ; Gavrielides, A. ; Kovanis, V. ; Megret, P. ; Blondel, M.

Author_Institution

Service d´´Electromagnetisme et de Telecommun., Faculte Polytechnique de Mons, Belgium

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

153

Abstract

In summary, we have analyzed the high frequency dynamics of laser diodes with short EC. We have shown that stable all-optical microwave and nearly harmonic signals are generated in low a semiconductor lasers. The laser may also exhibit strongly pulsating oscillations because of subcritical Hopf bifurcations. These stable harmonic or pulsating outputs for short EC lasers suggest new applications of laser diodes in all-optical signal handling.

Keywords

bifurcation; high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser stability; microwave photonics; semiconductor lasers; all-optical microwave oscillations; all-optical signal handling; harmonic signals; high frequency dynamics; laser diodes; pulsating dynamics; pulsating outputs; short EC lasers; short external cavity; stable all-optical microwave signals; stable harmonic outputs; strongly pulsating oscillations; subcritical Hopf bifurcations; Diode lasers; Frequency; Harmonic analysis; Laser stability; Masers; Microwave generation; Optical harmonic generation; Semiconductor lasers; Signal analysis; Signal generators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7500-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2002.1133973

Filename

1133973