Optically injected quantum dot lasers: Impact of nonlinear carrier lifetimes on frequency-locking dynamics

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 14, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Pausch, Johannes ^a   Otto, Christian ^a   Tylaite, Egle ^a   Majer, Niels ^a   Schöll, Eckehard ^a   Lüdge, Kathy ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE ENGINEERING; CARRIER SCATTERING; COMPLEX BIFURCATION; COULOMB SCATTERING; DYNAMIC PROPERTY; NON-LINEARITY; NONLINEAR CARRIER; OPTICAL INJECTION; PUMP CURRENT; QD LASERS;

DYNAMICS;

QUANTUM DOT LASERS;

EID: 84862069152     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/14/5/053018     Document Type: Article

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