Optical feedback on self-pulsating semiconductor lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1191-1202

  Van Tartwijk, Guido H M ^a,b,d,e,f   San Miguel, Maxi ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^d EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; FEEDBACK; LASER PULSES; LIGHT EMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; OSCILLATIONS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

LANG-KOBAYASHI EQUATIONS; OPTICAL FEEDBACK; OPTICAL WAVELENGTH; SELF PULSATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0030193144     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.517019     Document Type: Article

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