Nonlinear dynamics induced by parallel and orthogonal optical injection in 1550 nm Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs)

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 9423-9428

  Hurtado, Antonio ^a   Quirce, Ana ^b,c   Valle, Angel ^b   Pesquera, Luis ^b   Adams, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA DE CANTABRIA CSIC UC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASERS; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

1550 NM; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; LIMIT CYCLE; NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOURS; OPTICAL INJECTION; PERIOD DOUBLING; SINGLE MODE VCSEL; STABILITY MAP; VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 77952035208     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.009423     Document Type: Article

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