Quantum dots for fiber laser sources

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5709, Issue , 2005, Pages 249-262

  Auxier, Jason M ^a   Schülzgen, Axel ^a   Morrell, Michael M ^a   West, Brian R ^a   Honkanen, Seppo ^a   Sen, Sabyasachi ^b   Borrelli, Nicholas F ^b   Peyghambarian, Nasser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Research and Development Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber laser source; Integrated optics; Ion exchange; Laser modelocking; Lasing materials; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifier; Quantum dots; Waveguides

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; ION EXCHANGE; LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

FIBER LASER SOURCE; LASER MODELOCKINIG; LASING MATERIALS; WAVELENGTH;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 21844436249     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.594407     Document Type: Conference Paper

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