Measurement of linewidth enhancement factor of different semiconductor lasers in operating conditions

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6184, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Giuliani, Guido ^a   Donati, Silvano ^a   Elsässer, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laser dynamics; Laser linewidth; Linewidth enhancement factor; Optical feedback; Semiconductor laser

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK; LINEAR EQUATIONS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; THRESHOLD ELEMENTS;

LASER DYNAMICS; LASER LINEWIDTH; LINEWIDTH ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; OPTICAL FEEDBACK;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 33746689224     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.665178     Document Type: Conference Paper

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