Spontaneous emission induced filamentation in flared amplifiers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 784-789

  Ramanujan, Sujatha ^a,b   Winful, Herbert G ^a  

^a University of Michigan   (United States)

^b EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DIFFRACTION; DIFFUSION; LIGHT EMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

CURRENT SPREADING; FLARED AMPLIFIERS; GAIN COMPRESSION; GAIN SPATIAL HOLE BURNING; MASTER OSCILLATOR POWER AMPLIFIERS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; TRANSVERSE MODES;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0030150974     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.493001     Document Type: Article

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