Optical Bistability - IV
J. Phys. Colloques 49 (1988) C2-63-C2-68
DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:1988214
OPTICAL BISTABILITY IN ACTIVE DEVICES
Hitoshi KAWAGUCHINTT Opto-Electronics Laboratories, 3-1, Morinosato, Wakamiya, Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa, 243-01, Japan
Abstract
Recent progress in the study of both absorptive and dispersive bistability in semiconductor lasers is reviewed. Inhomogeneously excited semiconductor lasers as an absorptive case and resonant type laser diode amplifiers as a dispersive case, are described.