Theory of optical multistability and chaos in a resonant-type semiconductor laser amplifier
- 1 November 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 28 (5) , 3153-3155
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.28.3153
Abstract
Multistable light amplifications and self-pulsations in a resonant-type semiconductor laser diode (LD) amplifier are predicted. A basic idea is derived from the active layer refractive index dependence on carrier density. An LD amplifier is shown to act as a high- nonlinear Fabry-Perot interferometer with true optical gain and nonlinear refraction. Periodic and chaotic self-pulsations are shown to occur in the regime where the delay time of the feedback is smaller than the carrier lifetime.
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