Phase and spectral properties of optically injected semiconductor lasers

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 687-699

  Blin, Stéphane ^a   Guignard, Céline ^a   Besnard, Pascal ^a   Gabet, Renaud ^b   Stéphan, Guy Michel ^a   Bondiou, Marc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b TELECOM PARISTECH   (France)

^c INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE GRADUATE SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Coherency; Frequency locking; Linewidth; Optical injection; Phase locking; Semiconductor laser; Spectral transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141942700     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1631-0705(03)00083-5     Document Type: Article

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