Experimental investigation of dynamic characteristics of injection lasers

Journal Article · Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983 · Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QE1983v013n08ABEH004568· OSTI ID:5398129

Borodulin, V I; Konyaev, V P; Potapov, V T; Tregub, D P; Elenkrig, B B

An experimental method was developed for the study of dynamics of the establishment of the spectral, power, and spatial characteristics of the radiation emitted by injection lasers with good spectral (approx.0.1 nm), temporal (approx.2 x 10/sup -10/ sec), and spatial (approx.1 ..mu..) resolutions. An investigation was made of few-mode injection lasers based on Al/sub x/Ga/sub 1-x/As--GaAs heterostructures of two types. The characteristic time for the establishment of the half-width of the emission spectrum was tau/sub s/< or =5 x 10/sup -10/ sec. It was also found that in the case of injection lasers characterized by an instability of the lasing channel the changes in the spectrum due to this instability occurred in a time tau/sub i/< or =2 x 10/sup -10/ sec. The characteristics of these injection lasers were studied when the pump current pulses had a microwave component of frequency in the range 0.1--3 GHz. It was found that for f< or =1/2..pi..tau/sub s/ the influence of the microwave component on the emission spectra of the injection lasers was slight. However, when the pump pulse included a microwave component and the frequency of this component was 2..pi..ftau/sub i/>1, the emission from lasers with a kink-type instability depended strongly on the initial conditions.

• Research Organization: Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow
• OSTI ID: 5398129
• Journal Information: Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 13:8
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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