Measurement of semiconductor laser gain and dispersion curves utilizing Fourier transforms of the emission spectra

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1372-1374

  Hofstetter, Daniel ^a   Faist, Jérôme ^a  

^a Universite de Neuchatel Institut de Physique   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GAIN MEASUREMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE;

QUANTUM CASCADE (QC) LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0033221657     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.803049     Document Type: Article

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