High frequency nanophotonic devices

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6485, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Bimberg, D ^a   Fiol, G ^a   Meuer, C ^a   Laemmlin, M ^a   Kuntz, M ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hybrid mode locking; Passive mode locking; Quantum dot; Semiconductor optical amplifier

Indexed keywords

LASER MODE LOCKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FIBERS; Q SWITCHED LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; WAVELENGTH;

HIGH FREQUENCY NANOPHOTONIC DEVICES; HYBRID MODE LOCKING; PASSIVE MODE LOCKING; REPETITION FREQUENCY;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 34248667608     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.714215     Document Type: Conference Paper

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