The complex way to laser diode spectra: Example of an external cavity laser strong optical feedback

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-182

  Detoma, Enrico ^a   Tromborg, Bjarne ^b   Montrosset, Ivo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

External cavity; Four wave mixing; Mode coupling; Optical feedback; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LASER MODES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EXTERNAL CAVITY; MODE COUPLING; OPTICAL FEEDBACK;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 13444293327     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2004.839705     Document Type: Article

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