bulk and quantum well semiconductor lasers are usually extremely unstable when submitted
to back reflection, quantum dot semiconductor lasers exhibit a reduced sensitivity. Using a
rate equation approach, we show that this behaviour is the result of a relatively low but
nonzero line‐width enhancement factor and strongly damped relaxation oscillations.(© 2004
WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)