Tunable ultraslow light in vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser amplifier

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 7899-7904

  Zhao, Xiaoxue ^a   Palinginis, Phedon ^a   Pesala, Bala ^a   Chang Hasnain, Connie J ^a   Hemmer, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LASERS; OPTIMIZATION;

BROADBAND SIGNALS; VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASER (VCSEL);

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 30144442713     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.007899     Document Type: Article

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