Gain characteristics of InAs/GaAs self-organized quantum-dot lasers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 75, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 3512-3514

  Harris, L ^a   Ashmore, A D ^a   Mowbray, D J ^a   Skolnick, M S ^a   Hopkinson, M ^a   Hill, G ^a   Clark, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000379508     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.125372     Document Type: Article

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