Semiconductor laser coupled to a finite-response time phase-conjugate mirror

David H. DeTienne; George R. Gray; Govind P. Agrawal; Daan Lenstra

doi:10.1117/12.239004

1 May 1996 Semiconductor laser coupled to a finite-response time phase-conjugate mirror

David H. DeTienne, George R. Gray, Govind P. Agrawal, Daan Lenstra

Proceedings Volume 2693, Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices IV; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.239004
Event: Photonics West '96, 1996, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Most of the previous treatments of semiconductor lasers subject to optical feedback from a phase-conjugate mirror (PCM) have assumed the PCM responds instantaneously. Furthermore, the mechanism responsible for phase conjugation does not usually enter into the analysis. In this paper are derived the time-dependent reflectivity from a PCM created through non-degenerate four-wave mixing. The resulting laser dynamics are compared to the case of the ideal PCM, as a function of PCM mirror interaction depth, distance to the PCM, and laser current. The time-responsive PCM tends to suppress otherwise chaotic output and produces power pulses whose frequency is tunable by varying laser current or PCM reflectivity.

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David H. DeTienne, George R. Gray, Govind P. Agrawal, and Daan Lenstra "Semiconductor laser coupled to a finite-response time phase-conjugate mirror", Proc. SPIE 2693, Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices IV, (1 May 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.239004

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