Mapping of the dynamics induced by orthogonal optical injection in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 198-207

  Altés, Jordi Buesa ^a   Gatare, Ignace ^b   Panajotov, Krassimir ^a   Thienpont, Hugo ^a   Sciamanna, Marc ^b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b SUPELEC   (France)

Author keywords

Injection locking; Nonlinear dynamics; Optical injection; Polarization switching (PS); Vertical cavity surfaceemitting laser (VCSEL)

Indexed keywords

INJECTION-LOCKING; NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS; OPTICAL INJECTION; POLARIZATION SWITCHING; VERTICAL-CAVITY;

DYNAMICS; LASERS; LIGHT SOURCES; OPTICAL SWITCHES; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS; SWITCHING;

INJECTION LASERS;

EID: 77949474118     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2005.862025     Document Type: Article

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