Monolithic passively mode-locked lasers using quantum dot or quantum well materials grown on GaAs substrates

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6468, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Xin, Y C ^a   Stintz, A ^a   Cao, H ^a   Zhang, L ^b   Gray, A L ^b   Bank, S R ^c   Osinski, M ^a   Harris, J ^b   Lester, L F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Zia Laser Incorporated   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Passive mode locking; Quantum dots; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

MODE-LOCKED SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; MONOLITHIC PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED LASERS (MLL); PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED LASERS; PULSE PEAK POWER;

LASER MODE LOCKING; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SUBSTRATES;

SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH;

EID: 34248577907     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.705662     Document Type: Conference Paper

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