Self-pulsating semiconductor lasers: Theory and experiment

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 764-770

  Mirasso, Claudio R ^a   Van Tartwijk, Guido H M ^b,c   Hernandez Garcia E ^a,d   Lenstra, Daan ^b   Lynch, S ^e   Landais, P ^e   Phelan, P ^e   O'Gorman, J ^e   San Miguel, M ^a,d   Elsasser W ^f  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Uniphase Netherlands BV   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^e TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^f DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATIONS; Q SWITCHING; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

SELF-PULSATING SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0032625025     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.760324     Document Type: Article

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