Simulation of optically pumped mid-infrared intersubband semiconductor laser structures

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1970-1978

  Wang, Jin ^a   Leburton, J P ^a   Moussa, Z ^b   Julien, F H ^b   Sa'ar, A ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRONS; FERMI LEVEL; HOT CARRIERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHONONS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

ASYMMETRIC QUANTUM WELL STRUCTURES; BOLTZMANN EQUATIONS; ELECTRON DYNAMICS; ELECTRON PHONON INTERACTIONS; FERMI STATISTICS; HOT ELECTRONS; INTERSUBBAND OPTICAL EXCITATION; POPULATION INVERSION; RATE EQUATIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0030212645     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.363088     Document Type: Article

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