Experimental stability diagram of a diode laser subject to weak phase-conjugate feedback from a rubidium vapor cell

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 577-582

  Andersen, Ole K ^a   Fischer, Alexis P A ^a   Lane, Ian C ^b   Louvergneaux, Eric ^c   Stolte, Steven ^a   Lenstra, Daan ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOUR WAVE MIXING; LASER MODE LOCKING; MIRRORS; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; PUMPING (LASER); RUBIDIUM;

HOPF BIFURCATION; RELAXATION OSCILLATION; STABILITY DIAGRAM;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0032688530     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.753662     Document Type: Article

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