Analysis of an optically injected semiconductor laser for microwave generation

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 421-428

  Chan, Sze Chun ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Injection locked oscillators; Microwave generation; Nonlinear dynamics; Optical injection; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; BEAT FREQUENCY; CAVITY RESONANCES; CONTINUOUS WAVES; DETUNED; HIGH-SPEED; INJECTION-LOCKED OSCILLATORS; MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSIONS; NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS; OPTICAL INJECTION; OPTICAL SIGNALS; OPTICALLY INJECTED SEMICONDUCTOR LASER; OSCILLATION FREQUENCY; PERIOD-ONE OSCILLATIONS; PERIODIC INTENSITY; PHOTONIC MICROWAVE; RATE EQUATIONS; RED-SHIFTED; RELAXATION OSCILLATION FREQUENCIES; TWO WAVELENGTH; WIDELY TUNABLE;

DYNAMICS; HOPF BIFURCATION; LASERS; MICROWAVE GENERATION; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 77954796535     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2009.2028900     Document Type: Article

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