Dark pulse quantum dot diode laser

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 13385-13395

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASERS; MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

A-TRAIN; DARK PULSE; DIODE LASERS; MASTER EQUATIONS; MODE-LOCKED LASER; OPERATING REGIMES; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED; QUANTUM DOT;

QUANTUM DOT LASERS;

QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIODE LASER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 77953852536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.013385     Document Type: Article

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