Quantum dot superluminescent diodes emitting at 1.3 μm

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 540-542

  Rossetti, Marco ^a   Markus, Alexander ^a   Fiore, Andrea ^a,b   Occhi, Lorenzo ^c   Velez, Christian ^c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c EXALOS AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Quantum dot (QD); Superluminescent diode (SLD); Traveling wave rate equation

Indexed keywords

GROUND STATE; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENT DEVICES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; WAVEGUIDES;

DOT GROUND STATE; RIDGE WAVEGUIDE SUPERLUMINESCENT DIODES; SUPERLUMINESCENT DIODES (SLD); TRAVELING WAVE RATE EQUATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES;

EID: 14844365918     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.840997     Document Type: Article

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