Self-pulsation in two-section DFB semiconductor lasers and its synchronization to an external signal

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1000-1008

  Pham, Guillaume ^b   Duan, Guang Hua ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a IEEE

^b TELECOM PARISTECH   (France)

^c Xidian University ^*

^d XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e ENST   (China)

Author keywords

Distributed feedback lasers; Injection locked oscillators; Self pulsing lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); SYNCHRONIZATION;

INJECTION LOCKED OSCILLATORS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0032097692     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.678596     Document Type: Article

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