Mode structure of delay-coupled semiconductor lasers: Influence of the pump current

Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 361-371

  Erzgräber, Hartmut ^a   Krauskopf, Bernd ^a,b   Lenstra, Daan ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Coupled lasers; Delay differential equation; Locking; Nonlinear dynamics; Stability

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DYNAMICS; STABILITY;

BIFURCATION; COUPLED LASERS; DELAY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; LOCKING;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 27644560988     PISSN: 14644266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4266/7/11/008     Document Type: Article

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