Two-dimensional phase-space analysis and bifurcation study of the dynamical behaviour of a semiconductor ring laser

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Van Der Sande, G ^a,b   Gelens, L ^b   Tassin, P ^b   Scire A ^a   Danckaert, J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA INTERDISCIPLINAR Y SISTEMAS COMPLEJOS IFISC CSIC UIB   (Spain)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

QUANTUM-WELL SEMICONDUCTOR RING LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR RING LASERS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHASE-SPACE ANALYSIS;

RING LASERS;

EID: 42549086594     PISSN: 09534075     EISSN: 13616455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/41/9/095402     Document Type: Article

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