Improvements in mode-locked semiconductor diode lasers using monolithically integrated passive waveguides made by quantum-well intermixing

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1208-1210

  Camacho, F ^b   Avrutin, E A ^a,b   Cusumano, P ^b   Saher Helmy, A ^b   Bryce, A C ^a,b   Marsh, J H ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; Mode locked lasers; Pulse generation; Quantum well lasers; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED OPTICS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

QUANTUM WELL INTERMIXING (QWI);

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0031233419     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.618479     Document Type: Article

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