Semiconductor laser dynamics for feedback from a finite-penetration-depth phase-conjugate mirror

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 838-844

  DeTienne, David H ^a   Gray, George R ^a   Agrawal, Govind P ^b   Lenstra, Daan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chaos; Chaos control; Optical feedback; Pulses; Semiconductor laser; Tunable frequency

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; FEEDBACK; FOUR WAVE MIXING; LASER PULSES; LASER TUNING; MIRRORS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION;

INTERACTION DEPTH; KERR TYPE NONLINEAR MEDIUM; PHASE CONJUGATE MIRROR (PCM); TIME DEPENDENT REFLECTIVITY;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031143896     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.572159     Document Type: Article

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