Near Threshold Operation of Semiconductor Lasers and Resonant-Type Laser Amplifiers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 1488-1497

  Hui, Rongqing ^a   Benedetto, Sergio ^a   Montrosset, Ivo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; PHOTODETECTORS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

LASER AMPLIFIERS; LINEWIDTH; THRESHOLD CURRENT;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0027612178     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.234399     Document Type: Article

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