Observation of bistable optical effects in a twin GaAs/GaAlAs diode external cavity ring laser
Abstract
Hysteresis, slow bistable oscillation, and apparently chaotic behavior have been observed in a twin diode external cavity ring laser designed as a source of stable picosecond optical pulses. The laser system consists of two antireflection-coated GaAs/GaAlAs double heterostructure 20-micron oxide stripe laser diodes symmetrically placed in an external ring resonator. The bistable optical effects in this system are described and discussed.
- Publication:
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Electronics Letters
- Pub Date:
- July 1984
- DOI:
- 10.1049/el:19840405
- Bibcode:
- 1984ElL....20..586M
- Keywords:
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- Gallium Arsenide Lasers;
- Laser Cavities;
- Laser Outputs;
- Optical Bistability;
- Ring Lasers;
- Semiconductor Diodes;
- Aluminum Gallium Arsenides;
- Heterojunction Devices;
- Laser Stability;
- Volt-Ampere Characteristics;
- Lasers and Masers