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Hysteretical and spectral behaviour of bistable cleaved coupled cavity semiconductor diode lasers

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Cleaved coupled-cavity GaAs/AlGaAs diode lasers have been fabricated which display optical bistability with wide hysteresis loops in their light current (L/I) characteristics. The single longitudinal mode output of these devices has been investigated under several operating conditions. The observed spectral changes associated with mode hopping, shifting and jumping across the band have been explained qualitatively.

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  1. L. Reekie

    Present address: Department of Electronics and Information Engineering, University of Southampton, SO9 5NH, Southampton, UK

  2. W. A. Stallard

    Present address: British Telecom Research Laboratories, Martlesham Heath, IP5 7RE, Ipswich, UK

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  1. Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland

    P. Phelan, L. Reekie, D. J. Bradley & W. A. Stallard

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Phelan, P., Reekie, L., Bradley, D.J. et al. Hysteretical and spectral behaviour of bistable cleaved coupled cavity semiconductor diode lasers. Opt Quant Electron 18, 35–41 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02069358

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