Bifurcation structure of a swept source laser
arXiv:2001.07899 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.101.012212
Abstract
We numerically analyze a delay differential equation model of a short-cavity semiconductor laser with an intracavity frequency swept filter and reveal a complex bifurcation structure responsible for the asymmetry of the output characteristics of this laser. We show that depending on the direction of the frequency sweep of a narrowband filter, there exist two bursting cycles determined by different parts of a continuous-wave solutions branch.
5 pages, 5 figures