Pulse amplification and spatio-spectral hole-burning in inhomogeneously broadened quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifiers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-33

  Reschner, Dietmar W ^a   Gehrig, Edeltraud ^a   Hess, Ortwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amplifier; Inhomogeneous broadening; Optical pulse; Quantum dot (QD); Semiconductor

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MEDIUM; FEMTOSECOND PULSE; INHOMOGENEOUS BROADENING; LIGHT FIELDS; MAXWELL-BLOCH EQUATION; OCCUPATION PROBABILITY; OPTICAL CAVITIES; OPTICAL EXCITATIONS; OPTICAL PULSE; PULSE AMPLIFICATION; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM DOT SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; QUANTUM DOTS; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; SPECTRAL-HOLE BURNING; STATISTICAL APPROACH; STEADY STATE; THEORETICAL MODELS; WAVE-GUIDING; WETTING LAYER STATE;

AMPLIFICATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; LASER PULSES; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOEXCITATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PULSE AMPLIFIERS; QUANTUM OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 70449333566     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2008.2004756     Document Type: Article

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