Bistable operation in semiconductor lasers with inhomogeneous excitation
Abstract
Bistable operation in InP/InGaAsP/InP DH lasers with a periodic excitation stripe geometry is reported. Bistability is observed within a current range of about 10% of the threshold current for maximum value. The range strongly depends on the stripe geometry and heat sink temperature, and they are controllable.
- Publication:
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Electronics Letters
- Pub Date:
- February 1981
- DOI:
- 10.1049/el:19810117
- Bibcode:
- 1981ElL....17..167K
- Keywords:
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- Bistable Circuits;
- Heterojunction Devices;
- Indium Phosphides;
- Semiconductor Lasers;
- Switching Circuits;
- Heat Sinks;
- Laser Outputs;
- Laser Stability;
- Off-On Control;
- Planar Structures;
- Threshold Currents;
- Lasers and Masers