Spatial quantum noise of laser diodes

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1757-1761

  Poizat, Jean Philippe ^a   Chang, Tiejun ^a   Ripoll, Olivier ^a   Grangier, Philippe ^a  

^a INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE GRADUATE SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER MODES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

HIGHER ORDER TRANSVERSE MODES; SPATIAL QUANTUM NOISE;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 0032097510     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.001757     Document Type: Article

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