A theoretical and experimental investigation of the dynamics of tandem blue-violet lasers

Tronciu, VZ; Yamada, Minoru; Kawakami, Toshiyuki; Ito, Shigetoshi; Ohno, Tomoki; Taneya, Mototaka; Abram, RA

doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2004.02.070

A theoretical and experimental investigation of the dynamics of tandem blue-violet lasers

Tronciu, VZ; Yamada, Minoru; Kawakami, Toshiyuki; Ito, Shigetoshi; Ohno, Tomoki; Taneya, Mototaka; Abram, RA

Authors

VZ Tronciu

Minoru Yamada

Toshiyuki Kawakami

Shigetoshi Ito

Tomoki Ohno

Mototaka Taneya

RA Abram

Abstract

Theoretical and experimental investigations have been carried out to study the dynamics of blue–violet lasers with two regions that are adjacent in the longitudinal direction. The theoretical results show that both CW and self-pulsating operations are possible when one of the regions is a saturable absorber. Self-pulsation with frequencies in the range 1.6–2.2 GHz has been observed in a fabricated device and it is found that the theoretical predictions of the behaviour of the device are generally in good agreement with experiment.

Citation

Tronciu, V., Yamada, M., Kawakami, T., Ito, S., Ohno, T., Taneya, M., & Abram, R. (2004). A theoretical and experimental investigation of the dynamics of tandem blue-violet lasers. Optics Communications, 235(4-6), 409-414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2004.02.070

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	May 1, 2004
Deposit Date	Dec 15, 2010
Journal	Optics Communications
Print ISSN	0030-4018
Publisher	Elsevier
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	235
Issue	4-6
Pages	409-414
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2004.02.070
Keywords	Blue–violet laser, Tandem laser, Self-pulsation, Saturable absorber.