Loss and gain measurements of tensile-strained quantum well diode lasers for plasmonic devices at telecom wavelengths

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-78

  Costantini, Daniele ^a   Bousseksou, Adel ^a   Fevrier, Mickal ^a   Dagens, Béatrice ^a   Colombelli, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Integrated optoelectronics; Optical losses; Quantum well lasers

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE REGIONS; ACTIVE TECHNIQUES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; MATERIAL PARAMETER; PLASMONIC DEVICES; QUANTUM WELL; QUANTUM WELL DIODE LASERS; RIDGE WAVEGUIDES; TELECOM WAVELENGTHS; TOP CONTACT; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC POLARIZATION;

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; OPTICAL LOSSES; QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84856972730     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2011.2178818     Document Type: Article

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