Bistability and low-frequency fluctuations in semiconductor lasers with optical feedback: a theoretical analysis

Near-threshold operation of a semiconductor laser exposed to moderate optical feedback may lead to low-frequency fluctuations. In the same region, a kink is observed in the light-current characteristic. Here it is demonstrated that these nonlinear phenomena are predicted by a noise driven multimode traveling-wave model. The dynamics of the low-frequency fluctuations are explained qualitatively in terms of bistability through an iterative description. >

[1]  Oscillation properties of AlGaAs DH lasers with an external grating , 1980 .

[2]  Charles Howard Henry,et al.  Instability of semiconductor lasers due to optical feedback from distant reflectors , 1986 .

[3]  Period-doubling bifurcations in detuned lasers with injected signals , 1984 .

[4]  N. A. Olsson,et al.  Reflection noise in index-guided InGaAsP lasers , 1986 .

[5]  Paolo Spano,et al.  Theory of noise in semiconductor lasers in the presence of optical feedback , 1984 .

[6]  G. Jacobsen,et al.  Locking conditions and stability properties for a semiconductor laser with external light injection , 1985 .

[7]  E. Bødtker,et al.  Measurement of Rayleigh backscatter-induced linewidth reduction , 1985 .

[8]  C. Henry.  Theory of the linewidth of semiconductor lasers , 1982 .

[9]  B. Tromborg,et al.  Transmission line description of optical feedback and injection locking for Fabry-Perot and DFB lasers , 1987 .

[10]  A. Bogatov,et al.  Anomalous interaction of spectral modes in a semiconductor laser , 1975 .

[11]  R. Lang,et al.  External optical feedback effects on semiconductor injection laser properties , 1980 .

[12]  R. Müller,et al.  Bistability, regular self-pulsing, and chaos in lasers with external feedback , 1985 .

[13]  A. Wolf,et al.  Determining Lyapunov exponents from a time series , 1985 .

[14]  F. Favre,et al.  Optical Feedback Effects Upon Laser Diode Oscillation Field Spectrum , 1982 .

[15]  Bjarne Tromborg,et al.  Stability analysis for a semiconductor laser in an external cavity , 1984 .

[16]  Yoshinobu Mitsuhashi,et al.  Return-beam-induced oscillations in self-coupled semiconductor lasers , 1976 .

[17]  Keiichi Kubota,et al.  Low‐frequency intensity fluctuation in laser diodes with external optical feedback , 1981 .

[18]  C. Risch,et al.  Self‐pulsation in the output intensity and spectrum of GaAs‐AlGaAs cw diode lasers coupled to a frequency‐selective external optical cavity , 1977 .

[19]  R. O. Miles,et al.  Spectral characteristics of semiconductor lasers with optical feedback , 1982 .

[20]  K. Shore.  Non-linear dynamics and chaos in semiconductor laser devices , 1987 .

[21]  B. Sverdlov,et al.  Anomalous interaction of spectral modes in a semiconductor laser , 1975, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics.

[22]  R. O. Miles,et al.  Spectral Characteristics of Semiconductor Lasers with Optical Feedback , 1982 .

[23]  Takaaki Mukai,et al.  Asymmetrical Coupling, Locking And Chaos In A Compound Cavity Semiconductor Laser , 1986, Other Conferences.

[24]  H. Ishikawa,et al.  Mechanism of asymmetric longitudinal mode competition in InGaAsP/InP lasers , 1982 .

[25]  Alan B. Tveten,et al.  Feedback‐induced line broadening in cw channel‐substrate planar laser diodes , 1980 .

[26]  J. Simon,et al.  Optical Feedback Effects Upon Laser Diode Oscillation Field Spectrum , 1982 .

[27]  N. A. Olsson,et al.  Locking range and stability of injection locked 1.54 µm InGaAsp semiconductor lasers , 1985 .

[28]  T. Okoshi,et al.  Simple formula giving spectrum-narrowing ratio of semiconductor-laser output obtained by optical feedback , 1982 .

[29]  S. Saito,et al.  Spectral linewidth reduction in semiconductor lasers by an external cavity with weak optical feedback , 1983 .

[30]  Yoshio Cho,et al.  Observation of chaos in a semiconductor laser with delayed feedback , 1986 .

[31]  Mukai,et al.  New route to optical chaos: Successive-subharmonic-oscil- lation cascade in a semiconductor laser coupled to an external cavity. , 1985, Physical review letters.

[32]  Bjarne Tromborg,et al.  Nonlinear dynamics and spectral behavior for an external cavity laser , 1986 .

[33]  D. Lenstra,et al.  Coherence collapse in single-mode semiconductor lasers due to optical feedback , 1985, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics.

[34]  Daan Lenstra,et al.  The influence of feedback intensity on longitudinal mode properties and optical noise in index-guided semiconductor lasers , 1984 .