Dynamics of multimode coupled lasers

Sebastian M. Wieczorek; Weng W. Chow

doi:10.1117/12.544933

1 September 2004 Dynamics of multimode coupled lasers

Sebastian M. Wieczorek, Weng W. Chow

Proceedings Volume 5452, Semiconductor Lasers and Laser Dynamics; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.544933
Event: Photonics Europe, 2004, Strasbourg, France

Abstract

The paper is concerned with a theoretical study of synchronization between two end-to-end coupled lasers. Lasers are treated within the framework of a special multimode theory, valid for arbitrary coupling between lasers, where the laser field is decomposed in terms of the composite-cavity modes of the entire coupled-laser system. Bifurcation continuation techniques are used to systematically investigate the resulting equations under class-A, and further under class-B approximation. We discovered that the mechanism leading to laser synchronization changes from strong composite-cavity mode competition in class-A regime to frequency locking of composite-cavity modes in class-B regime.

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Sebastian M. Wieczorek and Weng W. Chow "Dynamics of multimode coupled lasers", Proc. SPIE 5452, Semiconductor Lasers and Laser Dynamics, (1 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.544933

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