Modeling semiconductor amplifiers and lasers: From microscopic physics to device simulation

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2023-2029

  Moloney, J V ^a   Indik, R A ^a   Hader, J ^a   Koch, S W ^a,b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 0009727933     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.002023     Document Type: Article

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