Self-pulsating and bistable VCSEL with controllable intracavity quantum-well saturable absorber

Electronics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 1708-1710

  Lim, S F ^a   Hudgings, J A ^a   Li, G S ^a   Yuen, W ^a   Lau, K Y ^a   Chang Hasnain, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Negative resistance effects; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NEGATIVE RESISTANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS (VCSEL);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031221972     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19971121     Document Type: Article

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