Abstract
A new class of mode profiles appropriate to large one-dimensional evanescently coupled laser diode arrays can be conveniently approximated by solutions to a Riccatti equation derived from a continuous model of the discrete array. Solutions of the latter model are shown to agree with the continuous solutions in the large-N limit. The continuous model has the advantage that new types of discrete array modes can readily be identified. Stability analyses of the discrete array modes as a function of increasing N confirm that these laser systems are intrinsically unstable in the free-running mode.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1674-1680 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 8 |
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| State | Published - Aug 1991 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics