Frequency conversion in external cavity semiconductor lasers exposed to optical injection

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 192-200

  Cerboneschi, Elena ^a   Hennequin, Daniel ^b   Arimondo, Ennio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOUR WAVE MIXING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

DELAYED FEEDBACK; OPTICAL INJECTION;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0030086301     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.481866     Document Type: Article

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