Self-Pulsation in an InGaN Laser - Theory and Experiment

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1509-1514

  Tronciu, V Z ^a,b   Yamada, Minoru ^a   Ohno, Tomoki ^c   Ito, Shigetoshi ^c   Kawakami, Toshiyuki ^c   Taneya, Mototaka ^c  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MOLDOVA   (Moldova)

^c SHARP CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Room temperature; Saturable absorber; Self pulsation; Violet InGaN laser

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODES; FEEDBACK; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

LASER DYNAMICS; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SELF-PULSATION; VIOLET LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0347946761     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2003.819541     Document Type: Article

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