Semiconductor lasers are convenient and compact sources of light, offering highly efficient
operation, direct electrical control and integration opportunities. In this review we describe …

Exploration of the Stranski-Krastanow growth of strained semiconductor heterostructures
marked the major breakthrough for easy fabrication of defect-free quantum dots (QDs). For …

Direct epitaxial integration of III-V materials on Si offers substantial manufacturing cost and
scalability advantages over heterogeneous integration. The challenge is that epitaxial …

Coupled clocks are a classic example of a synchronization system leading to periodic
collective oscillations. Already in 1665, Christiaan Huygens described this phenomenon as …

Edge-emitting mode-locked quantum-dot (QD) lasers are compact, highly efficient sources
for the generation of picosecond and femtosecond pulses and/or broad frequency combs …

Invention of non-disruptive fabrication technologies for semiconductor quantum dots
presented a dream for generations of semiconductor device engineers. Today, such …

We present a time-domain travelling-wave model for the simulation of passive mode-locking
in quantum dot (QD) lasers; accurate expressions for the time varying QD optical …

High pulse repetition rate (≥ 10 GHz) diode-pumped solid-state lasers, modelocked using
semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors (SESAMs) are emerging as an enabling …

In this monograph, the authors address the physics and engineering together with the latest
achievements of efficient and compact ultrafast lasers based on novel quantum-dot …

We assess the influence of the degree of quantum confinement on the carrier recovery times
in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) through an experimental comparative study of …