Optical bistability in semiconductor lasers under intermodal light injection

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 248-256

  Li, Linlin ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k}  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^f WUHAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^g KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

ⁱ NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^j Res Inst Info Sci Technol China

^k China Institute of Communications

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERMODAL LIGHT INJECTION;

INJECTION LASERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0030080753     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.481872     Document Type: Article

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