• DocumentCode
    2882833
  • Title

    Electron-hole asymmetry and two-state lasing in quantum dot lasers

  • Author

    Viktorov, E.A. ; Mandel, Paul ; Tanguy, Yann ; Houlihan, John ; Huyet, Guillaume

  • Author_Institution
    Opt. Nonlineare Theorique, Univ. Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    12-17 June 2005
  • Firstpage
    6
  • Abstract
    We study two-state quantum dot lasing and show that the asymmetry in the thermal population redistribution breaks the symmetric dynamical evolution of the electron-hole pairs. This fully explains the transition from two-state to single-state lasing observed experimentally.
  • Keywords
    laser theory; laser transitions; quantum dot lasers; electron-hole asymmetry; electron-hole pairs; quantum dot lasers; single-state lasing; thermal population redistribution; two-state lasing; Quantum dot lasers; US Department of Transportation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference, 2005. EQEC '05. European
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8973-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EQEC.2005.1567179
  • Filename
    1567179