Title :
Lasing direction hysteresis in a semiconductor ring laser
Author :
Born, Chris J. ; Hill, Mathew ; Yu, Siyuan ; Sorel, Marc
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Bristol Univ., UK
Abstract :
Wavelength and lasing direction hysteresis and dynamics in a semiconductor ring laser with varying current or temperature is explained as stemming from dissimilar nonlinear gain spectra in both propagation directions. Simulation results closely match experiment.
Keywords :
infrared spectra; multiwave mixing; optical bistability; optical storage; ring lasers; semiconductor lasers; dissimilar nonlinear gain spectra; four wave mixing; laser dynamics; lasing direction bistability; lasing direction hysteresis; lasing spectra; lasing wavelength direction hysteresis; optical information storage; semiconductor ring laser; Current measurement; Heating; Hysteresis; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Quantum well devices; Ring lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Temperature; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1549021
