A Michelson Interferometer with Balanced Detection for the Characterization of Modulation and Noise Properties of Semiconductor Lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 1116-1130

  Goobar, Edgard ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; LASER TUNING; LIGHT MODULATION; SIGNAL DETECTION;

CAVITY DETUNING; DBR LASERS; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0027577536     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.214498     Document Type: Article

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