DocumentCode
444352
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
Volume
2
fYear
2005
fDate
22-27 May 2005
Firstpage
1035
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN
1-55752-796-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/QELS.2005.1549021
Filename
1549021
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