EFFECTS OF THE INJECTION CURRENT PROFILE SHAPE ON SIDELOBES IN LARGE-APERTURE SEMICONDUCTOR-LASER AMPLIFIERS

Authors
WHITE JK MCINERNEY JG MOLONEY JV
Citation
Jk. White et al., EFFECTS OF THE INJECTION CURRENT PROFILE SHAPE ON SIDELOBES IN LARGE-APERTURE SEMICONDUCTOR-LASER AMPLIFIERS, Optics letters, 20(6), 1995, pp. 593-595
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
20
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
593 - 595
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1995)20:6<593:EOTICP>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Sharply peaked near-field sidelobes are formed when the input optical field pattern interacts with the edges of the current stripe in a semi conductor laser amplifier. The strength of this interaction is shown t heoretically to depend principally on the first and second derivatives of the transverse current profile, and hence one can suppress the sid elobes by smoothing the sharp edges in the current injection.