Recent advances in long wavelength quantum dot based lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6900, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ramdane, A ^a   Martinez, A ^a   Azouigui, S ^a,e   Cong, D Y ^a   Merghem, K ^a   Akrout, A ^a   Gosset, C ^a   Moreau, G ^a   Lelarge, F ^b   Dagens, B ^b   Provost, J G ^b   Accard, A ^b   Le Gouezigou, O ^b   Krestnikov, I ^c   Kovsh, A ^c   Fischer, M ^d  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c INNOLUME GMBH   (Germany)

^d NANOPLUS NANOSYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES GMBH   (Germany)

^e INSTITUT NATIONAL DES TÉLÉCOMMUNICATIONS   (France)

Author keywords

All optical clock recovery; Linewidth enhancement factor; Optical feedback; Pulse generation; Quantum dot injection lasers; Self assembled quantum dots; Semiconductor mode locked lasers

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTOOPTICAL EFFECTS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

ALL OPTICAL CLOCK RECOVERY; CARRIER CONFINEMENT; LINEWIDTH ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; QUANTUM DOT INJECTION LASERS; SELF ASSEMBLED QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTOR MODE LOCKED LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 43249102393     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.761699     Document Type: Conference Paper

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