Four-wave mixing in laser diodes for difference-frequency synthesis

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1666-1678

  Koch, Ch ^a   Telle, H R ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HETERODYNING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

BEAT FREQUENCY; CYCLE SLIPPING; DIFFERENCE FREQUENCY SYNTHESIS; MAXWELL-BLOCH EQUATIONS; MODE SPACING DISPERSION; PHASE MATCHING; ROUND TRIP MODEL; SPECTRAL HOLE BURNING;

FOUR WAVE MIXING;

EID: 0030211923     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.001666     Document Type: Article

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