Single-frequency operation of external-cavity VCSELs: Non-linear multimode temporal dynamics and quantum limit

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 9403-9417

  Garnache, A ^a   Ouvrard, A ^a   Romanini, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

^b LIPHY   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FOUR WAVE MIXING; QUANTUM NOISE; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

ANTIPHASE DYNAMICS; MULTIMODE DYNAMICS; POLARIZED EMISSIONS; QUANTUM LIMITS; STABLE SINGLE-FREQUENCY;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 34547393972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.009403     Document Type: Article

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