Amplified Spontaneous Emission and Carrier Pinning in Laser Diodes

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 1631-1639

  Chuang, Shun Lien ^a   O'Gorman, James ^b   Levi, A F J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER DIODES; PHOTONS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; QUANTUM WELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SOLID STATE PHYSICS;

CARRIER PINNING; LASER THRESHOLD;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0027616812     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.234415     Document Type: Article

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