WIAS Preprint No. 1315, (2008)

Traveling wave modeling of dynamics in semiconductor ring lasers



Authors

  • Radziunas, Mindaugas
    ORCID: 0000-0003-0306-1266

2010 Mathematics Subject Classification

  • 78-04 78A60 35-04 78-05 35Q60 35B35

2008 Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme

  • 42.55.Px 42.60.-v 02.30.Jr 02.60.Cb

Keywords

  • semiconductor ring laser, traveling wave model, switching, alternate oscillations, bistability, unidirectional, optical modes, analysis

DOI

10.20347/WIAS.PREPRINT.1315

Abstract

We use the traveling wave model for simulating and analyzing nonlinear dynamics of complex semiconductor ring laser devices. This modeling allows to consider temporal-spatial distributions of the counter-propagating slowly varying optical fields and the carriers, what can be important when studying non-homogeneous ring cavities, propagation of short pulses or fast switching. By performing numerical integration of the model equations we observe several dynamic regimes as well as transitions between them. The computation of ring cavity modes explains some peculiarities of these regimes.

Appeared in

  • M. Radziunas, Semiconductor Lasers and Laser Dynamics III, K.P. Panajotov, M. Sciamanna, A.A. Valle, R. Michalzik, eds., vol. 6997 of Proceedings of SPIE, SPIE, 2008, pp. 69971B/1--69971B/9

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