Compact optical generation of microwave signals using a monolithic quantum dot passively mode-locked laser

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 236-244

  Lin, C Y ^a   Xin, Y C ^b   Kim, J H ^c   Christodoulou, C G ^c   Lester, L F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b IBM   (United States)

^c MSC01 1070   (United States)

Author keywords

Mode locked lasers; Multifrequency antennas; Reconfigurable architectures; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EFFICIENCY; EXTRACTION EFFICIENCIES; MICROWAVE SIGNALS; MODE-LOCKED LASER; MODELOCKING; MULTI-FREQUENCY ANTENNA; OPERATION REGIME; OPTICAL GENERATION; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED LASERS; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM DOT DEVICES; QUANTUM WELL SYSTEMS; RECONFIGURABLE ARCHITECTURE; RECONFIGURABLE ARCHITECTURES; RF SIGNAL; RF-POWER; SATURABLE ABSORBERS;

ANTENNAS; EXTRACTION; LASERS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; MICROWAVES; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SIGNAL GENERATORS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84885885287     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2009.2035523     Document Type: Article

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