• DocumentCode
    935223
  • Title

    Coherent kinks in high-power ridge waveguide laser diodes

  • Author

    Achtenhagen, Martin ; Hardy, Amos A. ; Harder, Christoph S.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. of Phys. of Nanostruct., Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    5/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    2225
  • Lastpage
    2232
  • Abstract
    Coherent coupling of lateral modes is suggested to explain the phenomena associated with beam-steering kinks, which appear in the L-I curves of many ridge waveguide lasers. The analysis that is presented explains quantitatively the previously reported experiments.
  • Keywords
    laser modes; ridge waveguides; semiconductor device models; semiconductor lasers; waveguide lasers; beam steering; coherent kinks; lateral mode coupling; ridge waveguide laser diodes; Diode lasers; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser modes; Optical coupling; Pump lasers; Resonance; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor waveguides; Waveguide lasers; Laser modes; modeling; semiconductor device modeling; semiconductor lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Lightwave Technology, Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0733-8724
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JLT.2006.872313
  • Filename
    1632263