Spatiotemporal dynamics of high-power semiconductor lasers

Ortwin G. Hess

doi:10.1117/12.237665

12 April 1996 Spatiotemporal dynamics of high-power semiconductor lasers

Ortwin G. Hess

Proceedings Volume 2682, Laser Diodes and Applications II; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.237665
Event: Photonics West '96, 1996, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

The spatio-temporal dynamics of high-power semiconductor lasers are studied theoretically on the basis of space-dependent microscopic semiconductor-Maxwell-Bloch model equations. In the free-running broad-area and multi-stripe semiconductor lasers, complex spatio-temporal patterns are observed as a result of self-focusing, filamentation and transverse modulational instabilities in space-time images of the near-field output intensity. It is the irregular, possibly chaotic, dynamics of the filaments which are responsible for the generally much inferior beam quality and spectral characteristics of the high-power broad-area lasers when compared to common semiconductor lasers with moderate output power. The inherent coupling of optical diffraction with carrier transport processes leads to the formation of the spatio-temporal patterns. The simultaneous relevance of spectral and spatial hole-burning phenomena is manifested in the space- and time-dependence of the optical near-field showing, at the same time, spatio-temporal and spectral-temporal variations in the sub-ps range.

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Ortwin G. Hess "Spatiotemporal dynamics of high-power semiconductor lasers", Proc. SPIE 2682, Laser Diodes and Applications II, (12 April 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.237665

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