DocumentCode
2637035
Title
Investigation of transition dynamics in a quantum-dot laser optically pumped by femtosecond pulses
Author
Rafailov, E.U. ; McRobbie, A.D. ; Cataluna, M.A. ; O´Faolain, L. ; Sibbett, W. ; Livshits, D.A.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Saint Andrews Univ., UK
fYear
2005
fDate
22-28 Oct. 2005
Firstpage
844
Lastpage
845
Abstract
We investigated the behaviour of a quantum-dot edge-emitting laser, optically pumped by femtosecond pulses. We demonstrated that pulses generated by the laser from ground-state transitions have longer durations than those generated by the excited-states.
Keywords
excited states; ground states; laser transitions; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; quantum dot lasers; excited state transition; femtosecond pulses; ground state transition; optical pumping; quantum-dot edge-emitting laser; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Quantum dot lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Ultrafast optics; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9217-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548264
Filename
1548264
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