Determination of optical gain and absorption of quantum dots with an improved segmented contact method

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5722, Issue , 2005, Pages 49-59

  Xin, Y C ^a   Su, H ^a   Lester, L F ^a   Zhang, L ^b   Gray, A L ^b   Luong, S ^b   Sun, K ^b   Zou, Z ^b   Whittington, T ^b   Zilko, J ^b   Varangis, P M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Zia Laser Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical gain; Quantum dots; Segmented contact method; Spontaneous emission

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION SPECTRA (ASE); FABRY-PEROT DEVICES; OPTICAL GAINS; SEGMENTED CONTACT METHOD; STARK SHIFT DATA;

ABSORPTION; BIT ERROR RATE; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTIMIZATION; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; SUBSTRATES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 23744496891     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.591241     Document Type: Conference Paper

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