Intensity behavior underlying pulse packages in semiconductor lasers that are subject to optical feedback

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 777-785

  Sciamanna, Marc ^a,b   Tabaka, Andrzej ^c   Thienpont, Hugo ^c   Panajotov, Krassimir ^c,d  

^a SUPELEC   (France)

^b SUPELEC   (France)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; FREQUENCIES; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUMPING (LASER); RELAXATION OSCILLATORS;

LOW FREQUENCY FLUCTUATIONS; OPTICAL FEEDBACK; REGULAR PULSE PACKAGES (RPPS);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 18244380308     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.000777     Document Type: Article

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