Abstract
It is shown that amplitude phase coupling (as described by the linewidth enhancement factor α) leads to unstable phase locking in semiconductor laser arrays with evanescent coupling.
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Semiconductor laser theorySemiconductorLaserMaterials scienceOptoelectronicsPhase (matter)OpticsPhysics
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- 1988
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 53
- Issue
- 20
- Pages
- 1894-1896
- Citations
- 237
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Herbert G. Winful,
S. S. Wang
(1988).
Stability of phase locking in coupled semiconductor laser arrays.
Applied Physics Letters
, 53
(20)
, 1894-1896.
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.100363
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- DOI
- 10.1063/1.100363