High-speed mode-locked quantum-dot lasers and optical amplifiers

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1767-1778

  Kuntz, Matthias ^a   Fiol, Gerrit ^a   Laemmlin, Matthias ^a   Meuer, Christian ^a   Bimberg, Dieter ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hybrid mode locking; Passive mode locking; Quantum dot; Semiconductor optical amplifier

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; FIBER AMPLIFIERS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; NANOCRYSTALS; NOISE FIGURE; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PASSIVE MODE LOCKING; POLARIZATION; Q SWITCHED LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

COARSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; DYNAMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; HYBRID MODE-LOCKING; OPERATING PARAMETERS; OPTICAL FIBER APPLICATIONS; POLARIZATION DEPENDENCE; POLARIZATION-INSENSITIVE; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER (SOAS);

QUANTUM DOT LASERS;

EID: 56749185427     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2007.900949     Document Type: Article

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