Experimental and theoretical study of InAs/InGaAsP/InP quantum dash lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1508-1516

  Heck, Susannah Claire ^a,b   Osborne, Simon ^a   Healy, Sorcha B ^a   O'Reilly, Eoin P ^a,b   Lelarge, Franois ^c   Poingt, Francis ^c   Le Gouezigou, Odile ^c   Accard, Alain ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c ALCATEL THALES III V LAB   (France)

Author keywords

InP; Quantum dashes; Quantum dot (QD); Semiconductor lasers; Telecommunication lasers

Indexed keywords

INP; QUANTUM DASHES; QUANTUM DOT (QD); QUANTUM DOTS; TELECOMMUNICATION LASERS;

ELECTRON MOBILITY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 72949093782     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2009.2020814     Document Type: Article

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