Coherent coupling of mutually nonresonant waveguide lasers by synchronization of supermodes from locally composed mode clusters

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 938-945

  Schönnagel, Horst ^a   Glas, Peter ^a  

^a MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brightness; Frequency locking; Laser array

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007380536     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.000938     Document Type: Article

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