Line width rebroadening due to nonlinear gain and index induced by carrier heating in strained quantum-well lasers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 334-336

  Girardin, François ^b   Duan, Guang Hua ^a,b   Gallion, Philippe ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; HEATING; LASER PULSES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

CARRIER HEATING; LINEWIDTH ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; LINEWIDTH REBROADENING; OPTICAL INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRAL HOLE BURNING;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0030110093     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.481108     Document Type: Article

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