Abstract

The coupled-wave approach was used for the analysis of volume gratings in a medium with light gain for the sake of oscillation threshold determination in the second-order Bragg diffraction regime. The conditions for self-starting oscillations were analytically determined and found to be optimal for mixed phase-amplitude gratings. The properties of a distributed-feedback laser scheme are derived on the basis of the obtained results.

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History
Original Manuscript: May 14, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: July 19, 2009
Published: October 5, 2009

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G. Abbate

Dipartamento di Scienze Fisiche

M. V. Vasnetsov, V. Yu. Bazhenov, S. S. Slussarenko

National Academy of Science of Ukraine

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