Modified Fabry-Perot and rate equation methods for the nonlinear dynamics of an optically injected semiconductor laser

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 863-871

  Labukhin, Dmitry ^a   Stolz, Christopher A ^a   Zakhleniuk, Nickolay A ^a   Loudon, Rodney ^a   Adams, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fabry Perot (FP) model; Injection locking; Semiconductor lasers; Stability analysis; Stability map

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; STABILITY;

BACKWARD PROPAGATING WAVES; FABRY-PEROT; INJECTION-LOCKING; MATHEMATICAL RELATIONSHIP; OPTICALLY INJECTED SEMICONDUCTOR LASER; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STABILITY MAP; TRANSMISSION-LINE LASER MODELS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 67249149013     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2009.2013642     Document Type: Article

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