• DocumentCode
    499892
  • Title

    Random population of InAs/GaAs quantum dots

  • Author

    Driscoll, I.O. ; Hutchings, M. ; Smowton, P.M. ; Blood, P.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Cardiff Univ., Cardiff, UK
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We experimentally observe truly random to non-thermal to thermal distribution of population of InAs quantum dots with temperature using unamplified spontaneous emission and measure the impact on laser operation.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; laser beams; quantum dot lasers; semiconductor quantum dots; spontaneous emission; InAs-GaAs; laser operation; nonthermal to thermal distribution; random population; semiconductor quantum dots; unamplified spontaneous emission; Absorption; Gallium arsenide; Laser modes; Laser theory; Quantum dot lasers; Quantum dots; Semiconductor lasers; Spontaneous emission; Stationary state; Temperature distribution; (250.5590) Quantum-well, -wire and -dot devices; (250.5960) Semiconductor lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5225261