Self-synchronization of laser modes and multistability in quantum cascade lasers. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We predict and confirm experimentally the regime of complete synchronization between lateral modes in a quantum cascade laser, when frequency combs belonging to different lateral modes merge into a single comb. The synchronization occurs through the transition from multistability to a single stable state and is accompanied by phase locking and beam steering effects.

published proceedings

  • Phys Rev Lett

author list (cited authors)

  • Wjcik, A. K., Yu, N., Diehl, L., Capasso, F., & Belyanin, A.

citation count

  • 13

complete list of authors

  • Wójcik, Aleksander K||Yu, Nanfang||Diehl, Laurent||Capasso, Federico||Belyanin, Alexey

publication date

  • April 2011