Dual-wavelength passive and hybrid modelocking of 3, 4.5 and 10 GHz InAs/InP (100) quantum dot lasers

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 8117-8135

  Tahvili, M S ^a   Du, L ^a   Heck, M J R ^a,b   Notzel R ^a,c   Smit, M K ^a   Bente, E A J M ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; QUANTUM DOT LASERS; TIMING JITTER;

COHERENT BANDWIDTH; DUAL-WAVELENGTH; HYBRID MODE-LOCKING; INAS/INP; LOCKING RANGE; MODE-LOCKED LASER; MODELOCKING; MODULATING SIGNALS; OPTICAL OUTPUT; SINGLE-SECTION LASERS; VOLTAGE RANGES;

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS;

INDIUM; INDIUM ARSENIDE; INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHINE DERIVATIVE; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASER;

ARSENICALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INDIUM; LASERS; PHOSPHINES; QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84859403805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.008117     Document Type: Article

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