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
fDate :
5/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2006.872313
