Controlling complex temporal and spatio-temporal dynamics in semiconductor lasers by delayed optical feedback

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Simmendinger ◽  
Ortwin G. Hess
Keyword(s):  
Semiconductor Lasers ◽  
Temporal Dynamics ◽  
Optical Feedback ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Delayed Optical Feedback

Spatio-Temporal Dynamics in Semiconductor Lasers with Delayed Optical Feedback

1998 ◽  
Vol 08 (05) ◽  
pp. 951-963 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Münkel ◽  
Friedemann Kaiser ◽  
Ortwin Hess
Keyword(s):  
Semiconductor Lasers ◽  
Continuous Wave ◽  
Temporal Dynamics ◽  
Optical Feedback ◽  
Cavity Modes ◽  
Eigenmode Analysis ◽  
Mode Hopping ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Stripe Laser ◽  
Delayed Optical Feedback

We investigate the influence of delayed optical feedback (DOF) on the dynamics of semiconductor lasers. In the case of the narrow single-stripe laser, we find that the presence of DOF leads to a wealth of dynamical phenomena in the coherence-collapsed regime, including mode-hopping between compound-cavity modes induced by DOF. Focusing on the twin-stripe laser — the most simple system with inherent spatio-temporal instabilities — we show that feedback may both induce and suppress spatio-temporal instabilities. Eigenmode analysis enables us to determine and identify the underlying spatio-temporal "supermodes". For appropriately chosen parameters, regular regimes including continuous wave operation can be obtained from an originally chaotic regime. For moderate to strong feedback, interaction between the spatial degrees of freedom in the twin-stripe laser and the compound cavity modes leads to a new phenomenon which we term "spatio-temporal mode-hopping".

scholarly journals Temporal Dynamics of Semiconductor Lasers with Optical Feedback

1998 ◽  
Vol 81 (25) ◽  
pp. 5536-5539 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Vaschenko ◽  
M. Giudici ◽  
J. J. Rocca ◽  
C. S. Menoni ◽  
J. R. Tredicce ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Semiconductor Lasers ◽  
Temporal Dynamics ◽  
Optical Feedback
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