Bifurcation in 20-GHz gain-switched 1.55-μM MQW lasers and its control by CW injection seeding

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1213-1222

  Matsui, Yasuhiro ^a,b,c   Kutsuzawa, Satoko ^b   Arahira, Shin ^b   Ogawa, Yoh ^b   Suzuki, Akira ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laser stability; Laser tuning; Nonlinear oscillator; Optical pulse generation; Quantum well lasers

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAIN MEASUREMENT; LASER TUNING; LIGHT MODULATION;

GAIN COMPRESSION FACTOR; INJECTION SEEDING; OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0032123825     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.687865     Document Type: Article

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