Synchronization of coupled semiconductor lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3283, Issue , 1998, Pages 546-554

  Hohl Abichedid, Angela ^a   Erneux, Thomas ^b   Gavrielides, Athanasios ^a   Kovanis, Vassilios ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coupled lasers; Nonlinear dynamics; Semiconductor arrays

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LASERS; MOTION ESTIMATION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

BIFURCATION DIAGRAMS; COUPLED LASERS; COUPLED SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; COUPLING STRENGTHS; DETUNING; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS; INTENSITY OSCILLATIONS; LARGE AMPLITUDES; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OPTICAL FREQUENCIES; RATE EQUATIONS; RELAXATION OSCILLATION FREQUENCIES; SEMICONDUCTOR ARRAYS; WEAK COUPLINGS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0007462767     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.316705     Document Type: Conference Paper

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