Optical injection in semiconductor ring lasers: Backfire dynamics

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 10968-10974

  Gelens, Lendert ^a   Ben, Stefano ^a   Van Der Sande, Guy ^a   Danckaert, Jan ^a   Calabretta, Nicola ^b   Dorren, Harm J S ^b   Nötzel, Richard ^b   Bente, Erwin A J M ^b   Smit, Meint K ^b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHASE SPACE METHODS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ASYMPTOTIC PHASE; LASING MODES; MODE-SWITCHING; OPTICAL INJECTION; SEMICONDUCTOR RING LASERS;

RING LASERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIODE LASER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; OPTICS; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 47849083302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.010968     Document Type: Article

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