Sub-Poissonian single-mode lasing in a semiconductor laser with an external cavity

Journal of Optical Technology (A Translation of Opticheskii Zhurnal)

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 38-41

  Fofanov, Ya A ^a   Sokolov, I V ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTATION   (Russian Federation)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT MODULATION; PHOTODIODES; RADIATION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

SINGLE-MODE LASING;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0037219168     PISSN: 10709762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOT.70.000038     Document Type: Article

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