Temporal dynamics of semiconductor lasers with optical feedback
Date
1998
Authors
Balle, S., author
Tredicee, J. R., author
Menoni, C. S., author
Rocca, Jorge J., author
Giudici, M., author
Vaschenko, G., author
American Physical Society, publisher
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Abstract
We measure the temporal evolution of the intensity of an edge emitting semiconductor laser with delayed optical feedback for time spans ranging from 4.5 to 65 ns with a time resolution from 16to 230 ps, respectively. Spectrally resolved streak camera measurements show that the fast pulsing of the total intensity is a consequence of the time delay and multimode operation of the laser. We experimentally observe that the instabilities at low frequency are generated by the interaction among different modes of the laser.