Traveling wave model of a multimode Fabry-Pérot laser in free running and external cavity configurations

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 553-566

  Homar, M ^a,b   Moloney, J V ^a   San Miguel, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CAVITY RESONATORS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DIFFUSION; FEEDBACK; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LASER MODES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PUMPING (LASER); SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

CARRIER DIFFUSION; FABRY-PEROT LASER; LASER CAVITY; MODE DECOMPOSITION; MULTIMODE BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL HOLE BURNING; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION NOISE; TRAVELLING WAVE MODEL; TWO LEVEL ACTIVE MEDIUM;

LASERS;

EID: 0030107970     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.485410     Document Type: Article

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