Traveling wave modeling, simulation and analysis of quantum-dot mode-locked semiconductor lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7720, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Radziunas, Mindaugas ^a   Vladimirov, Andrei G ^a   Viktorov, Evgeny A ^b  

^a WEIERSTRASS INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ANALYSIS AND STOCHASTICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Mode analysis; Mode locking; Optical mode; Quantum dots; Saturable absorber; Semiconductor laser

Indexed keywords

MODE ANALYSIS; MODELOCKING; OPTICAL MODES; QUANTUM DOT; SATURABLE ABSORBERS;

LASER MODE LOCKING; LASERS; MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

QUANTUM DOT LASERS;

EID: 77957860948     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.853825     Document Type: Conference Paper

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