Mode-locked quantum-dot lasers

Nature Photonics

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 395-401

  Rafailov, E U ^a   Cataluna, M A ^a   Sibbett, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACT SOURCES; DEVICE DESIGN; ELECTRICAL CONTROL; MODE-LOCKED; QUANTUM DOT STRUCTURE; REPETITION RATE; ULTRA-FAST; ULTRAFAST SCIENCE;

LIGHT SOURCES;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 34547256449     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2007.120     Document Type: Review

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