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Applied Physics Letters / Volume 99 / Issue 1 / LASERS, OPTICS, AND OPTOELECTRONICS

Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 011104 (2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3605584 (3 pages)

Bistability in an injection locked two color laser with dual injection

Patrycja Heinricht1,2, Benjamin Wetzel1,3, Stephen O’Brien1, Andreas Amann1,4, and Simon Osborne1

1Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork, Lee Maltings, Cork, Ireland
2Department of Physics, University College Cork, Ireland
3Institut FEMTO-ST, UMR 6174 CNRS Université de Franche-Comté, 25030 Besancon, France
4School of Mathematical Sciences, University College Cork, Ireland

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(Received 17 May 2011; accepted 9 June 2011; published online 5 July 2011)

A two color Fabry-Pérot laser subjected to optical injection in both modes is examined experimentally and theoretically. The theoretical analysis predicts a bistability between locked states due to a swallow-tail bifurcation, which is unique to the dual injection system. This bistability is confirmed experimentally and used as the basis for an all optical memory element with switching times below 500 ps.

© 2011 American Institute of Physics

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Keywords

bifurcation, colour centre lasers, Fabry-Perot interferometers, laser frequency stability, laser mode locking, optical storage

PACS

  • 42.65.Pc

    Optical bistability, multistability, and switching, including local field effects

  • 42.55.Px

    Semiconductor lasers; laser diodes

  • 05.45.-a

    Nonlinear dynamics and chaos

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3605584

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0003-6951 (print)  
1077-3118 (online)

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