Power dropout control by optical phase modulation in a chaotic semiconductor laser

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2486-2493

  Ticoş, Cǎtǎlin M ^a   Bulinski, Mircea ^b,c   Andrei, Relu ^c   Pascu, Mihai L ^c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LASER   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; PHASE MODULATION;

CHAOTIC EXTERNAL-CAVITY SEMICONDUCTOR LASER; EMITTED LASER INTENSITY; LOW-FREQUENCY FLUCTUATIONS; PHASE-SYNCHRONIZED STATES;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 33846079994     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.002486     Document Type: Article

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