Quantum-dot Lasers Fabricated with Self-assembled Microcrystals

Fujitsu Scientific and Technical Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 223-234

  Mukai, Kohki ^a,b,c,d,e   Nakata, Yoshiaki ^c,d,f   Sugawara, Mitsuru ^c,d,g,h  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANEBO LTD   (Japan)

^c FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SOCIETY OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Japan)

^e National Laboratory for High Energy Physics   (Japan)

^f TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^h AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; LIGHT EMISSION; METALLORGANIC VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SUBSTRATES;

MICROCRYSTALS; QUANTUM DOT LASERS; THRESHOLD CURRENT;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0032299531     PISSN: 00162523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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