Nonlinear mode interaction as a mechanism to obtain slow/fast light in diode lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6115, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Eliseev, Petr G ^a,b   Cao, Hongjun ^a   Liu, Chiyu ^a   Smolyakov, Gennady A ^a   Osiński, Marek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Nonlinear mode interaction; Sagnac effect; Semiconductor lasers; Slow fast light

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR MODE INTERACTION; SAGNAC EFFECT; SLOW/FAST LIGHT;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 33646542414     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.661347     Document Type: Conference Paper

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