Collisional broadening and shift of spectral lines in quantum dot lasers

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作者
Uskov, AV [1 ]
Nishi, K
Lang, R
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[1] NEC Corp Ltd, Optoelect & High Frequency Device Res Labs, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058501, Japan
[2] Tokyo Univ Agr & Technol, Dept Appl Phys, Koganei, Tokyo 1848588, Japan
[3] PN Lebedev Phys Inst, Moscow 117924, Russia
[4] Univ Coll, Inst Nonlinear Sci, Cork, Ireland
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10.1063/1.124068
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We estimate homogeneous broadening and shift of optical transition lines in self-assembled quantum dots (SAQD) caused by elastic Coulomb collisions of carriers in wetting layer with carriers in the SAQD. In particular, we demonstrate that the dephasing time for lasing transitions can be similar to 0.1-1 ps at carrier densities in wetting layer similar to 10(15) m(-2). (C) 1999 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(99)01421-7].
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