Mode-locking in broad-area semiconductor lasers enhanced by picosecond-pulse injection

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 968-973

  Kaiser, Joachim ^a   Fischer, Ingo ^a   Elsäßer, Wolfgang ^a   Gehrig, Edeltraud ^b   Hess, Ortwin ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Broad area semiconductor lasers (BALs); Modelocking; Picosecond pulses; Semiconductor lasers; Spatiotemporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; CARRIER COMMUNICATION; DYNAMICS; FEEDBACK; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OSCILLATIONS; PARTICLE BEAM INJECTION; PHASE MODULATION; SYNCHRONIZATION;

BROAD-AREA SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS (BALS); MODE-LOCKING; PICOSECOND PULSES; SPATIOTEMPORAL DYNAMICS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 10944260124     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2004.836021     Document Type: Article

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