Bistability and switching properties of semiconductor ring lasers with external optical injection

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-48

  Yuan, Guohui ^a   Yu, Siyuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bistability; Injection locking; Mode competition; Semiconductor ring laser; Switching

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INJECTION LASERS; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; OPTICAL SWITCHES;

INJECTION LOCKING; LASING DIRECTION; NONLASING DIRECTION; OPTICAL INJECTION;

RING LASERS;

EID: 37149007635     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2007.909523     Document Type: Article

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