Quantum dot based semiconductor disk lasers for 1-1.3 μm

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1763-1771

  Butkus, Mantas ^a   Rautiainen, Jussi ^b   Okhotnikov, Oleg G ^b   Hamilton, Craig J ^c   Malcolm, G P A ^c   Mikhrin, S S ^d   Krestnikov, Igor L ^d   Livshits, D A ^d   Rafailov, Edik U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c M SQUARED LASERS LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d INNOLUME GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continuous wave (CW); infrared (IR); quantum dots (QDs); semiconductor disk lasers (SDLs)

Indexed keywords

BROAD GAIN BANDWIDTH; CONTINUOUS WAVES; DIRECT EMISSIONS; FREQUENCY-DOUBLING; OPTICALLY PUMPED; POWER-SCALING; QUANTUM DOTS (QDS); RED LIGHT; SEMICONDUCTOR DISK LASER; SPECTRAL CONVERSION; SPECTRAL REGION; VISIBLE REGION; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; EXCITED STATES; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); QUANTUM DOT LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 83555172425     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2011.2112638     Document Type: Article

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