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Lasing spectra of 1.55 μm InAs/InP quantum dot lasers: theoretical analysis and comparison with the experiments

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In this paper, a theoretical model is used to investigate the lasing spectrum properties of InAs/InP (113)B quantum dot (QD) lasers emitting at 1.55 μm. The numerical model used is based on a multi-population rate equation (MPRE) analysis. It takes into account the effect of the competition between the inhomogeneous broadening (due to the QD size dispersion) and the homogenous broadening as well as a nonlinear gain variation associated to a multimode laser emission. The double laser emission and the temperature dependence of lasing spectra of self-assembled InAs/InP quantum dot lasers is studied both experimentally and theoretically.

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  1. UMR CNRS FOTON, INSA, 20 Avenue des Buttes de Coësmes, CS 14315, 35043, Rennes Cedex, France

    K. Veselinov, F. Grillot, E. Homeyer, R. Piron, J. Even & S. Loualiche

  2. Technical University of Sofia, 8, Kliment Ohridski St., Sofia, 1000, Bulgaria

    K. Veselinov

  3. Center for High Technology Materials, The University of New Mexico, 1313 Goddard SE, Albuquerque, NM, 87106, USA

    F. Grillot

  4. Dipartamento di Elettronica, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24, Torino, Italy

    M. Gioannini, I. Montrosset & A. Bekiarski

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Veselinov, K., Grillot, F., Gioannini, M. et al. Lasing spectra of 1.55 μm InAs/InP quantum dot lasers: theoretical analysis and comparison with the experiments. Opt Quant Electron 40, 227–237 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-008-9197-6

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