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IEEE International Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC)

Generation of twin photon beams with semiconductor lasers: experiments and semiclassical description

J.-L. Vey, Karsten Auen, W. Elsasser

Published Dec 24, 2002• 0 citations
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Abstract

We present results of extensive model calculations of the correlation between the intensity noise emitted by the two facets of a Fabry-Perot laser under different pumping conditions using a semiclassical description. These results are supported by first experimental investigations.
DOI
10.1109/islc.1996.558746

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