Dynamic behavior and locking of a semiconductor laser subjected to external injection

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2350-2356

  Annovazzi Lodi, Valerio ^a,b,c   Sciré, Alessandro ^b,d   Sorel, Marc ^b   Donati, Silvano ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c AEI   (Italy)

^d Optoelectronics Group

Author keywords

Chaos; Injection locking; Laser stability; Semiconductor laser

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; LASER MODE LOCKING;

INJECTION LOCKING; LASER STABILITY;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0032292711     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.736105     Document Type: Article

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