Reverse ground-state excited-state transition dynamics in two-section quantum dot semiconductor lasers: Mode-locking and state-switching

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7720, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Breuer, Stefan ^a   Rossetti, Mattia ^b   Elsässer, Wolfgang ^a   Drzewietzki, Lukas ^a   Bardella, Paolo ^b   Montrosset, Ivo ^b   Krakowski, Michel ^c   Hopkinson, Mark ^d  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c ALCATEL THALES III V LAB   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dual wavelength mode locking; Optical autocorrelation; Passive mode locking; Quantum dot (QD) laser; Reverse state mode locking; Self electro optic effect devices; Two section semiconductor laser; Two state modelocking

Indexed keywords

ELECTRO-OPTICS; MODELOCKING; OPTICAL AUTOCORRELATION; PASSIVE MODE LOCKING; QUANTUM DOTS; TWO-SECTION SEMICONDUCTOR LASER; TWO-STATE;

AUTOCORRELATION; DYNAMICS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; EXCITED STATES; GROUND STATE; LASERS; MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; QUANTUM DOT LASERS; QUANTUM THEORY; RESISTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

LASER MODE LOCKING;

EID: 77956017285     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.854418     Document Type: Conference Paper

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