Mode Competition in Gas and Semiconductor Lasers

Details Mode Competition in Gas and Semiconductor Lasers Mode Competition in Gas and Semiconductor Lasers

2003-09-09

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0309045v1

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The output spectrum of both gas and semiconductor lasers usually contains more than one frequency. Multimode operation in gas versus semiconductor lasers arises from different physics. In gas lasers, slow equilibration of the electron populations at different energies makes each frequency an independent single-mode laser. The slow electron diffusion in semiconductor lasers, combined with the spatially varying optical intensity patterns of the modes, makes each region of space an independent single-mode laser. We develop a rate equation model for the photon number in each mode which captures all these effects. Plotting the photon number versus pumping rate for the competing modes, in both subthreshold and above threshold operation, illustrates the changes in the laser output spectrum due to either slow equilibration or slow diffusion of electrons.

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