Spatio-spectral dynamics and spontaneous ultrafast optical switching in VCSEL arrays

Optics Express

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1702-1714

  Hess, Ortwin ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER MODES; LASER OPTICS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; OPTICAL RECORDING; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; OSCILLATIONS; SWITCHING;

DIODE LASER ARRAYS; LASER AND LASER OPTICS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL SWITCHING; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS (VCSEL);

LASERS;

EID: 4043147138     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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