Nonlinear Dynamics in Semiconductor Lasers - Abstract

Javaloyes, Julien

From travelling wave models toward delay algebraic equation models : Application to semiconductor passive mode-locking.

I will discuss how the multimode dynamics in bidirectional laser cavities can be accurately described by folding space into time delay. This results in a set of delayed algebraic equations that preserve the dynamics of all cavity modes while drastically reducing number of degrees of freedom. This allows for both linear stability analysis and bifurcation study. I will discuss the application of such a model to passive mode-locking dynamics of quantum well lasers.