Laser instabilities and the influence of the nonlinear semiconductor gain medium

Weng W. Chow; Stephan W. Koch

doi:10.1117/12.164754

1 December 1993 Laser instabilities and the influence of the nonlinear semiconductor gain medium

Weng W. Chow, Stephan W. Koch

Proceedings Volume 2039, Chaos in Optics; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.164754
Event: SPIE's 1993 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1993, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A comprehensive microscopic theory is reviewed which allows us to compute gain and refractive index properties of semiconductor heterostructures with varying degrees of strain and quantum confinement. The theory is applied to a model unstable resonator semiconductor laser. It is shown that the specific properties of the gain medium strongly influence the lateral mode stability.

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Weng W. Chow and Stephan W. Koch "Laser instabilities and the influence of the nonlinear semiconductor gain medium", Proc. SPIE 2039, Chaos in Optics, (1 December 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.164754

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