Determining laser linewidth parameter from Hopf bifurcation minimum in lasers subject to optical injection

Electronics Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 1185-1187

  Chlouverakis, K E ^a   Al Aswad, K M ^a   Henning, I D ^a   Adams, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

OPTICAL INJECTION;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 0041427751     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20030786     Document Type: Article

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