Two-color multi-section quantum dot distributed feedback laser

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 26, 2010, Pages 27028-27035

  Naderi, Nader A ^a   Grillot, Frédéric ^b   Yang, Kai ^a   Wright, Jeremy B ^c   Gin, Aaron ^c   Lester, Luke F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; EXCITED STATES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PUMPING (LASER); QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

BIAS CONDITIONS; CARRIER DYNAMICS; COUPLED MODE; DUAL-WAVELENGTH; INHOMOGENEOUS BROADENING; MULTI-SECTION; OPTICAL STABILIZATION; QUANTUM DOT DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; QUANTUM DOTS; THZ FREQUENCIES; THZ SOURCES; TWO-COLOR;

QUANTUM DOT LASERS;

QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; COLOR; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; LASER;

COLOR; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK; LASERS; QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 78650532670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.027028     Document Type: Article

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