Mechanisms of fast self pulsations in two-section DFB lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-78

  Wenzel, Hans ^a,b,d,e   Bandelow, Uwe ^a,e   Wünsche, Hans Jürgen ^a,f,g   Rehberg, Joachim ^c,h,i  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR HÖCHSTFREQUENZTECHNIK   (Germany)

^c Inst F Angew Anal und Stochastik   (Germany)

^d TFL Telecom Research Laboratory   (Denmark)

^e German Physical Society

^f Humbolt University

^g IEEE

^h UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

ⁱ Saxonian Academy of Sciences   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; INTEGRATION; LASER MODES; LASER PULSES; LASER RESONATORS; LASER THEORY; LASER TUNING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHING;

CARRIER RATE EQUATIONS; DETUNING; DYNAMIC COUPLED WAVE EQUATIONS; EIGENMODES; FAST SELF PULSATIONS; REPETITION RATE; SPATIAL HOLE BURNING; THRESHOLD GAIN;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 0029769449     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.481922     Document Type: Article

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