IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting (LEOS)

Enhancing slow and fast light effects in quantum dot optical amplifiers through ultrafast dynamics

Yaohui Chen, Jesper Mørk

Published Oct 1, 2009• 0 citations

Abstract

We numerically demonstrate an important role of ultrafast carrier dynamics in quantum dot amplifiers in achieving tunable microwave phase shifts at frequencies beyond the limits of the carrier lifetime.

DOI: 10.1109/leos.2009.5343397

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