New laser sources for plastic optical fibers: ZnSe-based quantum well and quantum dot laser diodes with 560 nm emission

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4594, Issue , 2001, Pages 260-270

  Klude, Matthias ^a   Passow, Thorsten ^a   Alexe, Gabriela ^a   Heinke, Heidrun ^a   Hommel, Detlef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

II VI semiconductor; Laser diode; Quantum dot; Quantum well

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; LASER ABLATION; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

QUANTUM DOT LASERS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0035773417     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.446585     Document Type: Conference Paper

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