Observation of anticorrelated modal noise in a quasi-single-mode laser diode with a Michelson interferometer

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2772-2781

  Poizat, Jean Philippe ^a   Grangier, Philippe ^a  

^a INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE GRADUATE SCHOOL   (France)

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EID: 0031522459     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.002772     Document Type: Article

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