Passively Modelocked Semiconductor Lasers Dynamics And Stochastic Properties In The Presence Of Optical Feedback 1st Edition Lina Jaurigue Auth by Lina Jaurigue (auth.) 9783319588735, 9783319588742, 3319588737, 3319588745 instant download after payment.

This thesis investigates the dynamics of passively mode-locked semiconductor lasers, with a focus on the influence of optical feedback on the noise characteristics. The results presented here are important for improving the performance of passively mode-locked semiconductor lasers and, at the same time, are relevant for understanding delay-systems in general. The semi-analytic results developed are applicable to a broad range of oscillatory systems with time-delayed feedback, making the thesis of relevance to various scientific communities. Passively mode-locked lasers can produce pulse trains and have applications in the contexts of optical clocking, microscopy and optical data communication, among others. Using a system of delay differential equations to model these devices, a combination of numerical and semi-analytic methods is developed and used to characterize this system.