Dynamic regimes in semiconductor lasers subject to incoherent optical feedback

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2513-2523

  Ju, Rui ^a   Spencer, Paul S ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feedback regimes; Incoherent optical feedback; Optical pulses; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; COHERENT LIGHT; FEEDBACK AMPLIFIERS; LASER PULSES; LASER THEORY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; RING LASERS;

EXTERNAL-CAVITY DELAY TIME; FEEDBACK REGIMES; INCOHERENT OPTICAL FEEDBACK; TRANSVERSE-MAGNETIC MODE;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 24744462877     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.850805     Document Type: Article

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