Modeling the injection-locked behavior of a quantum dash semiconductor laser

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 563-571

  Naderi, Nader A ^a   Pochet, Mike ^a   Grillot, Frédéric ^a   Terry, Nathan B ^b   Kovanis, Vassilios ^b   Lester, Luke F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

High speed modulation; Injection locking; Quantum dash; Semiconductor laser

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETER; COUPLED SYSTEMS; DAMPING RATE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FITTING PARAMETERS; HIGH-SPEED MODULATION; INJECTION LOCKED; INJECTION-LOCKING; LEAST SQUARE; LINEWIDTH ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; MICROWAVE DOMAINS; NONLINEAR GAINS; NOVEL MODULATION; PHYSICAL LIMITS; POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS; QUANTUM DASH; QUANTUM DASH LASERS; QUANTUM DASHES; RATE EQUATIONS; RELAXATION OSCILLATION FREQUENCIES; RESPONSE CURVES; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; SLAVE LASER;

CURVE FITTING; LASERS; MODULATION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 67650995816     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2009.2015334     Document Type: Article

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