Laser action on “scar”-modes and KAM-transition to chaos in semiconductor diode lasers with deformed resonators

Evgenii E. Narimanov; Claire F. Gmachl; Federico Capasso; James N. Baillargeon; Alfred Y. Cho

doi:10.1117/12.469487

Laser action on “scar”-modes and KAM-transition to chaos in semiconductor diode lasers with deformed resonators

Evgenii E. Narimanov, Claire F. Gmachl, Federico Capasso, James N. Baillargeon, Alfred Y. Cho

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Measurements of the optical spectra of semiconductor injection lasers with deformed cylinder resonators show direct and unique signatures of laser action on scar-modes and of the Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser (KAM) transition from integrability to chaos. The diode lasers studied in the present work operate with transverse electric (TE) polarization resulting in laser action on (partially) chaotic whispering gallery modes for all deformations. This observation is in contrast to the stable and quasi-stable, bouncing-ball type “bow-tie” modes of unipolar semiconductor lasers having the same resonator geometry but emitting with transverse magnetic (TM) polarization.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	164-171
Number of pages	8
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	4629
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.469487
State	Published - Jun 5 2002

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
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Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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In: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Vol. 4629, No. 1, 05.06.2002, p. 164-171.

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