Title

Operation of Fabry-Perot laser with nonlinear PT-symmetric mirror

Journal title

Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences Technical Sciences

Yearbook

2021

Volume

69

Issue

6

Authors

Mossakowska-Wyszyńska, Agnieszka ; Witoński, Piotr ; Szczepański, Paweł

Affiliation

Mossakowska-Wyszyńska, Agnieszka : Institute of Microelectronics and Optoelectronics, Warsaw University of Technology, ul. Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland ; Witoński, Piotr : Institute of Microelectronics and Optoelectronics, Warsaw University of Technology, ul. Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland ; Szczepański, Paweł : Institute of Microelectronics and Optoelectronics, Warsaw University of Technology, ul. Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland ; Szczepański, Paweł : National Institute of Telecommunications, ul. Szachowa 1, 04-894 Warsaw, Poland

Keywords

lasers ; integrated optics ; nonlinear optics

Divisions of PAS

Nauki Techniczne

Coverage

e139202

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Date

12.10.2021

Type

Article

Identifier

DOI: 10.24425/bpasts.2021.139202