Carrier transport effects in active and passive modelocking of monolithic quantum-well lasers at millimeter-wave frequencies

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1603-1605

  Vassilovski, Dan ^b   Georges, John B ^c   Lau, Kam Y ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LGC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT MODULATION; MILLIMETER WAVES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

NARROWBAND RESONANT MODULATION; QUANTUM CAPTURE;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0030381616     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.544691     Document Type: Article

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