Feasibility study on the application of the quantum disk to the gain-coupled distributed feedback laser

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1317-1324

  Susa, Nobuhiko ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distributed feedback lasers; Quantum boxes; Quantum dots; Quantum effect semiconductor devices; Quantum well lasers; Semiconductor device modeling

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

QUANTUM DISKS;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 0032138597     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.704314     Document Type: Article

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