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Asymmetry of some characteristics of tunable injection lasers with an external resonator

V. L. Velichanskiǐ, A. S. Zibrov, V I Molochev, V V Nikitin, Vladimir A. Sautenkov, D A Tyurikov, G. G. Kharisov

Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics · 1981 · 10 citations · 0 references

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EngineeringElectrical EngineeringOpticsOptoelectronicsPhotonicsLaser DiodesLaser PhysicsOptical Properties Of SemiconductorsOptical ResonatorsOptical SourcesSemiconductor LasersExternal-cavity LasersLaser Rate EquationsPower OutputResonator LossesSemiconductor Laser DiodesSemiconductor Laser Rate EquationsTunable External-cavity LasersTunable Lasers

Abstract

Asymmetric dependences of the output power on the relative detuning of the resonator arms were observed for different types of semiconductor laser with an external resonator. The observed dependences were explained by supplementing the rate equations with a term allowing for the interrelationship between the power, losses, and relative detuning of the resonator arms.