Supermodes of high-repetition-rate passively mode-locked semiconductor lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 941-952

  Salvatore, Randal A ^a,b,f,g,h   Sanders, Steve ^c,g,i   Schrans, Thomas ^d,g,j,k,l   Yariv, Amnon ^{a,e,g,m,n,o,p,q}  

^a IEEE

^b University of California   (United States)

^c SDL INC   (United States)

^d NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^k Belg Amer Educational Foundation

^l IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁿ LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^o Ortel Corporation ^*

^p AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

^q OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CALCULATIONS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; LASER MODE LOCKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES;

AMPLITUDE TO PHASE COUPLINGS; MONOLITHIC MULTISECTION LASER; SELF PHASE MODULATION; STEADY STATE ANALYSIS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0030164832     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.502370     Document Type: Article

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