Optical injection in semiconductor or fiber lasers: A comparison, the influence of coherence

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5452, Issue , 2004, Pages 534-545

  Blin, Stéphane ^a   Besnard, Pascal ^a   Vaudel, Olivier ^a   LaRochelle, Sophie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chaos; Coherence; Fibre laser; Map; Optical injection; Semiconductor laser

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OSCILLATIONS; POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

CHAOS SYNCHRONIZATION; INTENSITY NOISES; OPTICAL INJECTION; RELAXATION OSCILLATION FREQUENCIES;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 12444282729     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.545799     Document Type: Conference Paper

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