Bistable laser diodes and their applications: State of the art

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1254-1270

  Kawaguchi, Hitoshi ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^h OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bistable laser diodes; Flip flops; Light polarization; Optical bistability; Pitchfork bifurcation testability; Polarization switching; Semiconductor lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers

Indexed keywords

FLIP FLOP CIRCUITS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL SWITCHES; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

PITCHFORK BIFURCATION BISTABILITY; POLARIZATION SWITCHING; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS (VCSEL);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031250551     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.658606     Document Type: Article

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