High-performance short-wavelength (∼760 nm) AlGaInAs quantum-dot lasers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 1380-1382

  Schlereth, Thomas W ^a   Gerhard, Sven ^a   Kaiser, Wolfgang ^a   Höfling, Sven ^a   Forchel, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

AlGaInAs quantum dots (QDs); Distributed feedback (DFB) lasers; Epitaxial growth; Quantum dot (QD) lasers

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

QUANTUM-DOT LASERS; SIDEMODE SUPPRESSION RATIO; SLOPE EFFICIENCY; THRESHOLD CURRENTS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 34548259450     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.902925     Document Type: Article

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