Phase-locked laser arrays revisite: An updated review of phase-locked arrays of semiconductor diode lasers

IEEE Circuits and Devices Magazine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 25-32

  Botez, Dan ^a   Mawst, Luke J ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER MODES; LASER PULSES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES;

EVANESCENT WAVE TYPE ARRAY MODES; LEAKY WAVE TYPE ARRAY MODES;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0030287381     PISSN: 87553996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/101.544448     Document Type: Review

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