Light emission spectra of columnar-shaped self-assembled InGaAs/GaAs quantum-dot lasers: Effect of homogeneous broadening of the optical gain on lasing characteristics

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1561-1563

  Sugawara, Mitsuru ^a   Mukai, Kohki ^a   Nakata, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

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EID: 0001100515     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.123616     Document Type: Article

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