Stability of injection-locked cW-emitting external-cavity semiconductor lasers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 961-967

  Nizette, Michel ^a   Erneux, Thomas ^a  

^a Free University of Brussels ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bifurcations; Feedback; Injection, locking; Semiconductor laser; Stability

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CARRIER COMMUNICATION; DYNAMICS; FEEDBACK; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OSCILLATIONS; PHASE MODULATION; PHOTONS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; STABILITY;

BIFURCATIONS; INJECTION; LOCKING; PHASE DYNAMICS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 10944272689     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2004.835322     Document Type: Article

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