Topological insight into the non-Arrhenius mode hopping of semiconductor ring lasers
Optics
2009-12-09 v1
Abstract
We investigate both theoretically and experimentally the stochastic switching between two counter-propagating lasing modes of a semiconductor ring laser. Experimentally, the residence time distribution cannot be described by a simple one parameter Arrhenius exponential law and reveals the presence of two different mode-hop scenarios with distinct time scales. In order to elucidate the origin of these two time scales, we propose a topological approach based on a two-dimensional dynamical system.
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@article{arxiv.0912.1442,
title = {Topological insight into the non-Arrhenius mode hopping of semiconductor ring lasers},
author = {S. Beri and L. Gelens and M. Mestre and G. Van der Sande and G. Verschaffelt and A. Scire and G. Mezosi and M. Sorel and J. Danckaert},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0912.1442},
year = {2009}
}
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4 pages, 3 figures