Temporal and spectral dynamics in multiquantum-well semiconductor saturable absorbers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 622-624

  Hofmann, M ^a,b   Frojdh K ^c   Brorson, S D ^a,d   Mork J ^a,e  

^a TDC AS   (Denmark)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d IBM   (United States)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Laser absorbers; Modelocked lasers; Numerical analysis; Optical communication; Quantum confined Stark effect; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL PUMPING; PROBES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

MULTIQUANTUM WELL (MQW) SEMICONDUCTOR SATURABLE ABSORBERS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0031140849     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.588157     Document Type: Article

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