Inas/inp quantum-dot passively mode-locked lasers for 1.55-μm applications

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1292-1301

  Rosales, Ricardo ^a   Merghem, Kamel ^a   Martinez, Anthony ^a   Akrout, A ^a   Tourrenc, J P ^a   Accard, Alain ^b   Lelarge, Francois ^b   Ramdane, Abderrahim ^a  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^b THALES RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

Mode locked semiconductor lasers; optical pulse generation; quantum dot (QD) lasers

Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL; ALL-OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; FREQUENCY COMBS; HIGH BIT RATES; INAS/INP; LOW NOISE; LOW-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES; MODE-LOCKED SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED LASERS; RADIO OVER FIBER; RECORD VALUES; REPETITION RATE; SUBPICOSECOND PULSE; TWO-SECTION LASERS;

FEEDBACK; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; PULSE REPETITION RATE; QUANTUM OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TIMING JITTER;

QUANTUM DOT LASERS;

EID: 80053982945     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2011.2116772     Document Type: Article

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