Polarization switching and bistability in an external cavity laser with a polarization‐sensitive saturable absorber
作者:
Y. Ozeki,
C. L. Tang,
期刊:
Applied Physics Letters
(AIP Available online 1991)
卷期:
Volume 58,
issue 20
页码: 2214-2216
ISSN:0003-6951
年代: 1991
DOI:10.1063/1.104930
出版商: AIP
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
Polarization switching and hysteresis are observed in a semiconductor laser with a two‐armed polarization‐sensitive external cavity. An intracavity polarization‐dependent saturable absorber is placed asymmetrically in one of the two arms of the external cavity so that one polarization mode is saturated more strongly than the other. The observed phenomena can be explained by the complementary processes of competition in the gain region and the polarization‐dependent saturable loss in the external cavity. This mechanism is potentially useful as the basis of a two‐mode switchable and bistable diode laser for applications as high‐speed optical memories and logic gates.
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