Purely gain-coupled distributed feedback laser via a bright optical lattice

Abstract

We utilize degeneracy of Bragg resonance and the intersubband transitions in a quantum well bright optical lattice to propose a coherently induced purely gain-coupled distributed feedback laser. The optical lattice is generated via formation of periodic regions of resonant intersubband gain without inversion in the absence of any refractive index perturbation using a control laser field. We show that longitudinal mode intensity profile and standing wave effects of such an intrinsically single-mode intersubband laser can be coherently controlled. These features allow immunity against spatial hole burning and lasing when modal loss is higher than modal gain.