Chirp and stability of mode-locked semiconductor lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1180-1190

  Schell, M ^a,b,c   Tsuchiya, M ^a,b   Kamiya, T ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CALCULATIONS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CAVITY RESONATORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ELECTRONS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; LIGHT EMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ACTIVE MODE LOCKING; LASER CHIRP; LASER STABILITY; LINEAR CHIRP; PULSE CHIRP;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0030195422     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.517018     Document Type: Article

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