Dynamics of semiconductor lasers under fast intracavity frequency sweeping

Eugene Avrutin*, Lixiong Zhang

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Fast intracavity tunable semiconductor lasers find their use in information acquisition systems (e.g. OCT) and may be of use in agile multiwavelength communications systems. We present numerical analysis of the dynamic behaviour of a semiconductor laser frequency swept by means of an ultrafast intracavity filter. The interrelated roles of the tuning speed, the filter bandwidth, the cavity length, and the self-phase modulation in laser dynamics are analysed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICTON 2012 - 14th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Event14th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2012 - Coventry, United Kingdom
Duration: 2 Jul 20125 Jul 2012

Conference

Conference14th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2012
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityCoventry
Period2/07/125/07/12

Keywords

  • external cavity lasers
  • frequency sweeping
  • Optical Coherence Tomography

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