Bistability and Low-Frequency Fluctuations in Semiconductor Lasers with Optical Feedback: A Theoretical Analysis

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 123-133

  MØRK, Jesper ^a   Christiansen, Peter L ^a   Tromborg, Bjarne ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Telecommunications Research Laboratory ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT - NONLINEAR OPTICAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - ITERATIVE METHODS;

BISTABILITY; LOW-FREQUENCY FLUCTUATIONS; MULTIMODE TRAVELING-WAVE MODEL; NEAR-THRESHOLD OPERATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS WITH OPTICAL FEEDBACK;

LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 0023962057     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.105     Document Type: Article

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