Modeling the nonlinear dynamics of wide aperture semiconductor lasers and amplifiers

Jerome V. Moloney; Robert A. Indik; J. Kenton White; P. Ru; Stephan W. Koch; Weng W. Chow

doi:10.1117/12.178530

30 June 1994 Modeling the nonlinear dynamics of wide aperture semiconductor lasers and amplifiers

Jerome V. Moloney, Robert A. Indik, J. Kenton White, P. Ru, Stephan W. Koch, Weng W. Chow

Proceedings Volume 2146, Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices II; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.178530
Event: OE/LASE '94, 1994, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

Issues relating to modeling the full spatiotemporal dynamics of wide aperture semiconductor lasers and amplifiers are discussed. Included in the discussion are the limitations of the usual beam propagation approach, characteristics of the many-body light- semiconductor material interaction, spurious nonphysical instabilities which mimic numerical grid oscillations and novel subpicosecond pulse reshaping and compression effects. An explicit simulation is presented for a flared amplifier structure and the results are compared with those using a linear gain model.

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Jerome V. Moloney, Robert A. Indik, J. Kenton White, P. Ru, Stephan W. Koch, and Weng W. Chow "Modeling the nonlinear dynamics of wide aperture semiconductor lasers and amplifiers", Proc. SPIE 2146, Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices II, (30 June 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.178530

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