Dynamics and polarization properties of a self-modulated laser with an intracavity quarter-wave plate

Optics Communications

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 141-148

  Yang, Qian Suo ^a   Zhu, Nai Yi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OSCILLATIONS; PHASE SHIFT KEYING; PUMPING (LASER);

INTRACAVITY QUARTER WAVE PLATE; LASER AMPLITUDE STABILITY; OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION; SELF MODULATED LASER; SELF PULSING LASERS;

LASERS;

EID: 0032592323     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(99)00285-0     Document Type: Article

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