Analysis of locked and unlocked dynamics of a passively mode-locked laser diode under external periodic excitation

Evgenii A. Avrutin; John M. Arnold; John H. Marsh

doi:10.1117/12.239182

29 April 1996 Analysis of locked and unlocked dynamics of a passively mode-locked laser diode under external periodic excitation

Evgenii A. Avrutin, John M. Arnold, John H. Marsh

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Proceedings Volume 2792, Laser Optics '95: Nonlinear Dynamics in Lasers; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.239182
Event: Laser Optics '95, 1995, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Abstract

A distributed time-domain model is used for a numerical analysis of the dynamics of a passively mode locked laser diode under external modulation at a frequency close to the round-trip frequency of the laser. The possible dynamical regimes of the laser are identified as synchronization locking, frequency mixing and chaotic dynamics, including a special case of quasi-locking. For the locked regime, steady-state parameters are defined, the crucial role of group-velocity dispersion in achieving locking demonstrated and stages of the locking dynamics and corresponding time constants identified.

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Evgenii A. Avrutin, John M. Arnold, and John H. Marsh "Analysis of locked and unlocked dynamics of a passively mode-locked laser diode under external periodic excitation", Proc. SPIE 2792, Laser Optics '95: Nonlinear Dynamics in Lasers, (29 April 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.239182

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