Injection Locking Dynamics of Vertical Cavity Semiconductor Lasers under Conventional and Phase Conjugate Injection

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 227-235

  Li, Hua ^{a,b,g,h,i,j,k}   Lucas, Tim L ^b,c,l,m   McInerney, John G ^{a,b,d,n,o,p,q,r}   Wright, Malcolm W ^b,e,s,t,u   Morgan, Robert A ^{a,f,j,k,p,v,w,x,y,z}  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c Decade Optical Systems Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^e AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f HONEYWELL TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^g PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

ⁱ PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^j OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^k Electro Optics Society

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^o Std Telecommunication Laboratories   (United Kingdom)

^p Trinity College ^*

^q Cavendish Laboratory

^r UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^s VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^t AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^u AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^x IBM   (United States)

^y LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^z UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INJECTION LASERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER TUNING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

INJECTION LOCKING DYNAMICS; PHASE CONJUGATE INJECTION; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR LASER;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0030080838     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.481870     Document Type: Article

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