Numerical modeling of the emission characteristics of semiconductor quantum dash materials for lasers and optical amplifiers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 364-373

  Gioannini, Mariangela ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Modeling; Optical gain; Quantum dash (QDash); Quantum dot lasers; Self assembled

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; GAIN MEASUREMENT; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SELF ASSEMBLY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM; GAIN PROPERTIES; LINEWIDTH ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DASH;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 1942424897     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2004.825201     Document Type: Article

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