Locking of three coupled lasers

H Erzgraber; Sebastian Wieczorek; B Krauskopf

Locking of three coupled lasers

H Erzgraber, Sebastian Wieczorek, B Krauskopf

Department of Engineering Mathematics

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Abstract

We investigate the stability of an array of three laterally coupled semiconductor lasers. This study of the simplest system with an underlying structure that is also found in larger arrays constitutes a first step towards understanding the stability properties of large arrays. We use a composite-cavity model, where the individual lasers are described by the transverse modes of the entire composite-cavity system. Specifically, we analyze the stable locking region, where the laser array exhibits continuous wave emission for different detunings and coupling strengths between the individual lasers. We find that the optical fields in the outer lasers are out of phase with the middle laser.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - Jan 2010

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Sponsorship: This research was supported by Great Western Research Fellowship 18 'Modelling and nonlinear dynamics of optical nanodevices: nanolasers and photonic nanocircuits.'

Keywords

dynamics and bifurcations
coupled lasers
composite-cavity model
numerical continuation

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Locking of three coupled lasers
Erzgraber, H., Wieczorek, S. & Krauskopf, B., Jan 2010, SPIE.
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