Mode hopping and polarization switching of mutually coupled vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

Science in China, Series F: Information Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 592-598

  Zhang, WeiLi ^a   Pan, Wei ^a   Luo, Bin ^a   Wang, MengYao ^a   Zou, XiHua ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mode hopping; Mutual injection; Polarization switching; Vertical cavity surface emitting semiconductor laser

Indexed keywords

EID: 43949134188     PISSN: 10092757     EISSN: 18622836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11432-008-0034-0     Document Type: Article

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