Analytical model for optical bistability in laser with saturable absorber

Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 389-395

  Djabi, S ^a   Boudoukha, H ^a   Meguellati, S ^a  

^a FERHAT ABBAS UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

Author keywords

laser with saturable absorber; linear analysis of stability; Optical bistability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857563389     PISSN: 02188635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218863511006194     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. A. E. Siegman, Lasers (University Science Books, Mill Valley, California, 1986).
2. A. Franon, Thèmes actuels en optique (Edition Masson,1986).
3. L. A. Lugiato, P. Mandel, S. T. Dembinski and A. Kossakowski, Semiclassical and quantum theories of bistability in lasers containing saturable absorbers, Phys. Rev. A 18 (1978) 238-254.
4. S. Ruschin and S. H. Bauer, Bistability, hysteresis and critical behavior of a CO2 laser, with SF6 intracavity as a saturable absorber, Chem. Phys. Lett. 66 (1979) 100-103.
5. H. Nihei and A. Okamoto, Photonic crystal systems for high-speed optical memory device on an atomic scale, Proc. SPIE 4416 (2001) 470-473.
6. G. Assanto, Z. Wang, D. J. Hagan and E. W. Vanstryland, All-optical modulation via nonlinear cascading in type II second-harmonic generation, Appl. Phys. Lett. 67(15) (1995) 2120-2122.
7. D. A. Mazurenko, R. Kerst, J. I. Dijkhuis, A. V. Akimov, V. G. Golubev, D. A. Kurdyukov, A. B. Pevtsov and A. V. Sel'kin, Ultrafast optical switching in threedimensional photonic crystals, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91(21) (2003) 213903-213906.
8. P. Mandel and T. Erneux, Stationary, harmonic, and pulsed operations of an optically bistable laser with saturable absorber I, Phys. Rev. A 30 (1984) 1893-1901.
9. L. A. Lugiato and L. M. Narducci, Single-mode and multimode instabilities in lasers and related optical systems, Phys. Rev. A 32 (1985) 1576-1587.
10. H. M. Gibbs, Optical Instability, Control of Light with Light (Mir, Moscow, 1988).
11. D. Dangoisse, P. Glorieux and D. Hennequin, Nonlinear dynamics of a laser containing a modulated saturable absorber, Phys. Rev. A 42 (1990) 1551-1559.
12. S. Djabi, A. Guechi, H. Boudoukha and M. Djabi, Optical bistability in a laser containing a saturable absorber with homogeneous broadening, International Review of Physics 1(3) (2007) 167-172.
13. S. Djabi and M. Djabi, Influence of losses of a circular resonator on the optical bistability in a laser containing a saturable absorber with inhomogeneous broadening, International Review of Physics 1(2) (2007) 72-77.
14. S. Djabi, H. Boudoukha and M. Djabi, Optical bistability in a trimodal laser containing a saturable absorber, ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences 2(4) (2007) 14-21.
15. S. Djabi, H. Boudoukha and M. Djabi, Optical bistability in a laser containing a saturable absorber, Ann. Phys. Fr. 32(2-3) (2007) 63-65.
16. P. Q. Bao, D. Van Hoang and V. Van Luc, Optical bistability in Gaussian inhomogeneously broadened ring lasers with saturable absorber, Journal of Russian Laser Research 20(4) (1999) 307-316.
17. M. Tachikawa, Comprehensive interpretation of passive Q switching and optical bistability in a CO2 laser with an intracavity saturable absorber, JOSA. B 4(3) (1987) 387-394.