Ultrafast gain dynamics in InAs-InGaAs quantum-dot amplifiers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 594-596

  Borri, P ^a   Langbein, W ^b   Hvam, J M ^a   Heinrichsdorff, F ^c   Mao, M H ^c   Bimberg, D ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; METALLORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

QUANTUM DOT LASERS; ULTRAFAST OPTICS;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0034205614     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.849054     Document Type: Article

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