Linewidth enhancement factor of quantum-dot optical amplifiers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 986-993

  Molina Vazquez J ^a,b   Nilsson, H H ^a,b   Zhang, J Z ^a   Galbraith, I ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Linewidth enhancement factor; Quantum dot (QD); Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)

Indexed keywords

CARRIER DENSITY; CARRIER HEATING; CARRIER TEMPERATURE; DEVICE ENGINEERING; ENERGY LEVEL; ENERGY SEPARATIONS; IN-DEPTH STUDY; INHOMOGENEOUS BROADENING; INPUT PULSE; INPUT PULSE ENERGY; LINEWIDTH ENHANCEMENT; LINEWIDTH ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; MICROSCOPIC POLARIZATION; NON-LINEAR REGIMES; OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; OUTPUT PULSE; QUANTUM DOTS; SATURATION ENERGY; SMALL SIGNAL GAIN; SPECTRAL-HOLE BURNING; SUBPICOSECOND PULSE;

LINEWIDTH; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 34648844097     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2006.881022     Document Type: Article

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