Influence of the linewidth enhancement factor on the modulation response of a nanostructure-based semiconductor laser operating under external optical feedback

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7933, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Grillot, Frédéric ^a,b   Dubey, Nikhil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^b INSTITUT TELECOM   (France)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

bandwidth.; linewidth enhancement factor; modulation response; nanostructures; optical feedback

Indexed keywords

CARRIER ACCUMULATION; CARRIER DENSITY; CURRENT INJECTIONS; DIRECT MODULATION; DYNAMICAL PROPERTIES; EXTERNAL CAVITY; EXTERNAL OPTICAL FEEDBACK; FILAMENTATION; LASING WAVELENGTH; LINEWIDTH ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; MODULATION PROPERTIES; MODULATION RESPONSE; NONLINEAR PROPERTIES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; QD LASERS; QUANTUM NANOSTRUCTURES; RATE EQUATIONS; RELAXATION FREQUENCY;

BANDWIDTH; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; EXCITED STATES; LASERS; LINEWIDTH; MODULATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NONLINEAR FEEDBACK; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; QUANTUM DOT LASERS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

CHIRP MODULATION;

EID: 79955768553     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.879012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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