Title :
Current tailoring in phase-locked semiconductor laser arrays
Author :
Buckley, D. ; Shore, K.A.
Author_Institution :
University of Bath, School of Electrical Engineering, Bath, UK
fDate :
2/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An analysis of phase-locked laser arrays has been performed to determine the injection currents required to select a specified array super-mode at a given optical output power for the array. The model developed is applicable to both uniform and chirped arrays (where the stripe width and/or the inter-element separation may vary). The relative merits of these two kinds of laser arrays are compared.
Keywords :
laser modes; laser theory; semiconductor junction lasers; chirped arrays; current tailoring; injection currents; interelement separation; optical output power; phase-locked semiconductor arrays; specified array supermode; stripe width; uniform arrays;
Journal_Title :
Optoelectronics, IEE Proceedings J
DOI :
10.1049/ip-j:19870012
