Spatio-temporal dynamics of gain-guided semiconductor laser arrays

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 257-276

  Martín Regalado, Josep ^a,d   Balle, Salvador ^a,b,e   Abraham, Neal B ^a,c,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^g AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; LASER MODES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

CARRIER DIFFUSION; CURRENT SPREADING; EMISSION NOISES; LASER ARRAYS; MAXWELL BLOCH EQUATIONS; OPTICAL FIELD DIFFRACTION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0030086302     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.481873     Document Type: Article

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