An Investigation into the Temperature Sensitivity of Strained and Unstrained Multiple Quantum-Well, Long Wavelength Lasers: New Insight and Methods of Characterization

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 275-284

  Evans, John D ^a   Puetz, N ^a   Makino, T ^a   Chik, G ^a   Simmons, John G ^b   Thompson, David A ^b  

^a NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; CORRELATION METHODS; CURRENT DENSITY; ESTIMATION; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

FACET REFLECTIVITY; LONG WAVELENGTH LASER; MODAL GAIN COEFFICIENT; STRAINED QUANTUM WELL LASER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THEORETICAL MAXIMUM OPERATING TEMPERATURE; THRESHOLD CURRENT DENSITY; TRANSPARENCY CURRENT DENSITY;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0029322857     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: 15584542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.401206     Document Type: Article

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