Power- or frequency-driven hysteresis for continuous-wave optically injected distributed-feedback semiconductor lasers

• Published in: Optics express Vol. 17; no. 11; p. 9288
• Main Authors: Blin, Stéphane, Vaudel, Olivier, Besnard, Pascal, Gabet, Renaud
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Optical Society of America - OSA Publishing 25.05.2009
• Subjects: Computer-Aided Design; Electronics - instrumentation; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Feedback; Lasers, Semiconductor; Optics; Physics; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity

Bistabilities between a steady (or pulsating, chaotic) and different pulsating regimes are investigated for an optically injected semi-conductor laser. Both numerical and experimental studies are reported for continuous-wave single-mode semiconductor distributed-feedback lasers emitting at 1.55 micr...