| Issue |
EPL
Volume 87, Number 4, August 2009
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| Article Number | 44005 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Electromagnetism, Optics, Acoustics, Heat Transfer, Classical Mechanics, and Fluid Dynamics | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/87/44005 | |
| Published online | 15 September 2009 | |
Direct observation of the class-B to class-A transition in the dynamical behavior of a semiconductor laser
1
Thales Research & Technology France - RD 128, 91767 Palaiseau Cedex, France, EU
2
Institut de Physique de Rennes, CNRS-Université de Rennes I - 35042 Rennes Cedex, France, EU
3
Laboratoire de Photonique et de Nanostructures, CNRS - 91460 Marcoussis, France, EU
4
Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, CNRS-Université Paris Sud 11 - 91405 Orsay Cedex, France, EU
Corresponding author: Fabien.Bretenaker@lac.u-psud.fr
Received:
3
July
2009
Accepted:
14
August
2009
The transition between the class-B and class-A dynamical behaviors of a semiconductor laser is directly observed by continuously controlling the lifetime of the photons in a cavity of sub-millimetric to centimetric length. It is experimentally and theoretically proved that the transition from a resonant to an overdamped behavior occurs progressively, without any discontinuity. In particular, the intermediate regime is found to exhibit features typical from both the class-A and class-B regimes. The laser intensity noise is proved to be a powerful probe of the laser dynamical behavior.
PACS: 42.55.Ah – General laser theory / 42.60.Mi – Dynamical laser instabilities; noisy laser behavior / 05.40.Ca – Noise
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