Injection-locked semiconductor laser dynamics from large to small detunings
Date
1999-08Author
Nizette, Michel
Erneux, Thomas
Gavrielides, Athanasios
Kovanis, Vassilios
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The equations for a semiconductor laser subject to injection are examined numerically and analytically
from large negative to moderate negative to positive values of the detuning. We concentrate on the
stability of the multi-wave mixing regime for low injection rates and find a bifurcation to stable quasiperiodic
oscillations. This bifurcation explains the experimentally observed bistability associated with
the locking-unlocking transition at high negative detunings. It may also lead to stable quasiperiodic
oscillations for moderate values of the detunings which we demonstrate numerically.