Dispersive instabilities in Passively Mode-Locked Integrated External-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers
arXiv:2001.03446 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.13.054050
Abstract
We analyze the dynamics of passively mode-locked integrated external-cavity surface-emitting Lasers (MIXSELs) using a first-principle dynamical model based upon delay algebraic equations. We show that the third order dispersion stemming from the lasing micro-cavity induces a train of decaying satellites on the leading edge of the pulse. Due to the nonlinear interaction with carriers, these satellites may get amplified thereby destabilizing the mode-locked states. In the long cavity regime, the localized structures that exist below the lasing threshold are found to be deeply affected by this instability. As it originates from a global bifurcation of the saddle-node infinite period type, we explain why the pulses exhibit behaviors characteristic of excitable systems. Using the multiple time-scale and the functional mapping methods, we derive rigorously a master equation for MIXSELs in which third order dispersion is an essential ingredient. We compare the bifurcation diagram of both models and assess their good agreement.
14 pages, 11 figures, submitted to APS
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