Engineering the polarization-dependent saturation in quantum-well surface-emitting semiconductor lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1057-1061

  Hendriks, R F M ^a   Van Exter, M P ^a   Woerdman, J P ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; GAIN CONTROL; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION;

POLARIZATION-DEPENDENT SATURATIONS; QUANTUM-WELL SURFACE-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0032655919     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.772176     Document Type: Article

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