The Influence of Feedback Intensity on Longitudinal Mode Properties and Optical Noise in Index-Guided Semiconductor Lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 1984, Pages 1163-1169

  Acket, Gerard A ^a   Lenstra, Daan ^b   Boef, Arie J Den ^a   Verbeek, Bastiaan H ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 0021510944     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.1984.1072281     Document Type: Article

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