Abstract
Bistability in a diode laser amplifier performance, and bistability, instability and mode hopping in a diode laser oscillator performance are investigated. In the amplifier case the steady state solutions are characterized by an S curve while in the oscillator case, a different behavior is predicted. The Fokker-Planck equations are derived and solved in both cases. First passage times are evaluated.
© 1991 Optical Society of America
PDF ArticleMore Like This
Larry Fabiny and Rajarshi Roy
FE2 OSA Annual Meeting (FIO) 1991
M. Kuś, K. Wódkiewicz, and J. A. C. Gallas
ThB31 Optical Bistability (OBI) 1983
T. ODAGAWA, T. MACHIDA, T. SANADA, K. WAKAG, and S. YAMAKGSHI
CFL4 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO:S&I) 1990