Time-resolved linewidth enhancement factors in quantum dot and higher-dimensional semiconductor amplifiers operating at 1.55 μm

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1498-1509

  Zilkie, Aaron J ^a   Meier, Joachim ^a,b   Mojahedi, Mo ^a   Helmy, Amr S ^a   Poole, Philip J ^c   Barrios, Pedro ^c   Poitras, Daniel ^c   Rotter, Thomas J ^d   Yang, Chi ^d   Stintz, Andreas ^d   Malloy, Kevin J ^d   Smith, Peter W E ^a   Aitchison, J Stewart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b High Q Laser Production GmbH   (Austria)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Linewidth enhancement factor; Phase modulation; Quantum dots; Quantum wells; Quantum wires; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers

Indexed keywords

PHOTONICS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS;

(2+1)-DIMENSIONAL; LINEWIDTH ENHANCEMENT FACTOR (LEF); QUANTUM DOT (CO); SEMICONDUCTOR AMPLIFIERS; TIME RESOLVED MEASUREMENTS; TIME-RESOLVED;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 46349097355     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.923215     Document Type: Article

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