Femtosecond gain and index dynamics in an InAs/InGaAsP quantum dot amplifier operating at 1.55 μm

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 11453-11459

  Zilkie, Aaron J ^a   Meier, Joachim ^a   Smith, Peter W E ^a   Mojahedi, Mo ^a   Aitchison, J Stewart ^a   Poole, Philip J ^b   Allen, Claudine Ni ^b   Barrios, Pedro ^b   Poitras, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CARRIER HEATING; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER (SOA); STIMULATED TRANSITION;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 33751120692     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.011453     Document Type: Article

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