Coherence function control of Quantum Dot Superluminescent Light Emitting Diodes by frequency selective optical feedback

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 13365-13372

  Blazek, Martin ^a   Wolfgang Elsaßer ^a   Hopkinson, Mark ^b   Resneau, Patrick ^c   Krakowski, Michel ^c   Rossetti, Mattia ^d   Bardella, Paolo ^d   Gioannini, Mariangela ^d   Montrosset, Ivo ^d  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c ALCATEL THALES III V LAB   (France)

^d POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COHERENT LIGHT; FEEDBACK; LIGHT SOURCES; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL FEEDBACK; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

COHERENCE PROPERTIES; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; FEEDBACK PARAMETERS; FREQUENCY SELECTIVE FEEDBACK; FREQUENCY-SELECTIVE; LARGE SPECTRAL BANDWIDTH; LOW-COHERENT LIGHTS; SUPERLUMINESCENT LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; SEMICONDUCTOR; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT; LIGHTING; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL DEVICES; QUANTUM DOTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SEMICONDUCTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 68349157499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.013365     Document Type: Article

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