Experimental evidence of single round-trip oscillation in polarization self-modulated vertical-cavity surface emitting lasers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 70, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 2661-2663

  Ropars, G ^a   Langot, P ^a   Brunel, M ^a   Vallet, M ^a   Bretenaker, F ^a   Le Floch, A ^a   Choquette, K D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT MODULATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OSCILLATIONS; POLARIZATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EIGENSTATES; JONES MATRIX; POLARIZER; QUARTER WAVE PLATE; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031142691     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.118982     Document Type: Article

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