Vectorial mechanism of instabilities in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1841-1849

  Loiko, Yu V ^a   Kul'minskii, A M ^a   Voitovich, A P ^a  

^a B I STEPANOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Belarus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); LIGHT POLARIZATION;

SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0141678053     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.17.001841     Document Type: Article

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