Frequency-dependent linewidth enhancement factor of quantum-dot lasers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 1736-1738

  Gerhard, Sven ^a   Schilling, Christian ^a   Gerschütz, Florian ^b   Fischer, Marc ^b   Koeth, Johannes ^b   Krestnikov, Igor ^c   Kovsh, Alexey ^c   Kamp, Martin ^a   Höfling, Sven ^a   Forchel, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b NANOPLUS NANOSYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES GMBH   (Germany)

^c INNOLUME GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distributed feedback (DFB) laser; Henry factor; Linewidth enhancement factor (LEF); Quantum dot (QD) laser

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY MODULATION; LASERS; LINEWIDTH; MODULATION; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

DISTRIBUTED-FEEDBACK (DFB) LASER; DRIVE CURRENTS; FEEDBACK LASERS; HENRY-FACTOR; LINEWIDTH ENHANCEMENT FACTOR (LEF); LINEWIDTH ENHANCEMENT FACTORS; MODULATION FREQUENCIES; QUANTUM-DOT (QD) LASER; QUANTUM-DOT LASERS; THRESHOLD METHODS;

FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

EID: 54049151236     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.2004675     Document Type: Article

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