Spectral linewidth reduction in semiconductor lasers by an external cavity with weak optical feedback

Electronics Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 22, 1983, Pages 938-940

  Patzak, E ^a,b   Olesen, H ^a,c   Sugimura, A ^a   Saito, S ^a   Mukai, T ^a  

^a Musashino Electrical Communication Lab   (Japan)

^b FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Lasers and applications; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK-INDUCED MODES; LINEWIDTH REDUCTION; OPTICAL FEEDBACK;

LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 0020833530     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19830640     Document Type: Article

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