Instabilities and Bifurcations of a DFB Laser Frequency-Stabilized by a High-Finesse Resonator

• Published in: IEEE journal of quantum electronics Vol. 53; no. 1; pp. 1 - 9
• Main Authors: Tronciu, Vasile, Wenzel, Hans, Wunsche, Hans Jurgen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.02.2017
• Subjects: Bifurcation; Distributed feedback devices; distributed feedback lasers; dynamics; frequency stability; Laser feedback; laser noise; nonlinear systems; optical coupling; optical feedback; Optical resonators; Radio frequency; Resonant frequency; semiconductor lasers

Recently reported miniature configurations with semiconductor distributed feedback lasers under resonant feedback are considered theoretically. Limiting instabilities and bifurcations are systematically explored by combining the theory of chirp reduction and a bifurcation analysis. It is shown that...