Abstract
We reveal a new regime of operation, where optical feedback enables a semiconductor laser to operate in one of several stable states. The experimental device demonstrates tristability and may become interesting for ternary optical logic, optical switching and memory applications. General conditions for the multistability are derived from the Lang-Kobayashi model of delayed optical feedback and are shown to be consistent with the experiments.
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