High-speed quantum-dot vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1741-1756

  Ledentsov, Nikolai N ^a,b   Hopfer, Friedhelm ^a   Bimberg, Dieter ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

High speed modulation; Optical interconnects; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; MODULATION; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; QUANTUM DOT LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SPEED; TRANSCEIVERS;

CONTINUOUS WAVES; ELECTROOPTIC EFFECTS; GAIN SATURATION; HIGH-SPEED MODULATION; RECENT PROGRESS; RESONANCE WAVELENGTHS; TEMPERATURE RANGE; ULTRA HIGH SPEED;

SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

EID: 38849085985     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2007.900898     Document Type: Article

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