Authors
G. S. Sokolovskii
E. A. Viktorov
M. Abusaa
J. Danckaert
V. V. Dudelev
A. G. Deryagin
I. I. Novikov
M. V. Maximov
V. M. Ustinov
V. I. Kuchinski
E. D. Kolykhalova
K. K. Soboleva
A. E. Zahakov
W. Sibbett
E. V. Rafailov
T. Erneux
Pages From
261103
Pages To
261106
Journal Name
Applied Physics Letters
Volume
106
Issue
26
Abstract

We examine the response of a pulse pumped quantum dot laser both experimentally and numerically. As the maximum of the pump pulse comes closer to the excited-state threshold, the output pulse shape becomes unstable and leads to dropouts. We conjecture that these instabilities result from an increase of the linewidth enhancement factor α as the pump parameter comes close to the excitated state threshold. In order to analyze the dynamical mechanism of the dropout, we consider two cases for which the laser exhibits either a jump to a different single mode or a jump to fast intensity oscillations. The origin of these two instabilities is clarified by a combined analytical and numerical bifurcation diagram of the steady state intensity modes