Wavelength bistability and switching in two-section quantum-dot diode lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 951-958

  Feng, Mingming ^a   Cundiff, Steven T ^a   Mirin, Richard P ^b   Silverman, Kevin L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diode laser; Mode locked; Quantum dot; Wavelength bistability

Indexed keywords

APPLIED BIAS; BI-STABILITY; BISTABLES; CROSS-SATURATION; CURRENT INJECTIONS; DIODE LASERS; LASING WAVELENGTH; MODE-LOCKED; QUANTUM CONFINED STARK EFFECT; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM DOTS; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SELF-SATURATION; SWITCHABLE; SWITCHING TIME; WAVELENGTH DIFFERENCE;

DIODES; MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SPECTROSCOPY; WAVELENGTH;

QUANTUM DOT LASERS;

EID: 77949349936     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2010.2041432     Document Type: Article

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