Two-state passive mode-locking of quantum dot semiconductor lasers: Classical state scenario and novel reverse state dynamics

2010 12th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

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

Optical wavelength switching; Passive mode locking; Quantum dot laser emission hierarchy; Quantum dot resistor self Electro optic Effect Device (SEED); Stable picosecond pulse generation; Two section quantum dot semiconductor laser; Two state and dual wavelength emission

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL WAVELENGTH; PASSIVE MODE LOCKING; PICO-SECOND PULSE; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM DOT SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TWO-STATE;

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; EXCITED STATES; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASERS; MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PULSE GENERATORS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; QUANTUM THEORY; RESISTORS; SEED; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TRANSPARENT OPTICAL NETWORKS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

QUANTUM DOT LASERS;

EID: 77957279332     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICTON.2010.5549102     Document Type: Conference Paper

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