Absorber length optimisation for sub-picosecond pulse generation and ultra-low jitter performance in passively mode-locked 1.3μm quantum-dot laser diodes

2006 Optical Fiber Communication Conference, and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Thompson, M G ^a   Rae, A R ^a   Penty, R V ^a   White, I H ^a   Kovsh, A R ^b   Mikhrin, S S ^b   Livshits, D A ^b   Krestnikov, I L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NL Nanosemiconductor GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JITTER; LASER MODE LOCKING; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

JITTER PERFORMANCE; PULSE WIDTHS; TIMING JITTERS;

LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 33845363627     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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