A versatile SPICE model for quantum-well lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 246-254

  Tsou, Benjamin P C ^b   Pulfrey, David L ^a,b,c  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Integrated circuit modeling; Quantum well lasers

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT MODULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CHARGE DYNAMICS; SEPARATE CONFINEMENT HETEROSTRUCTURE; THREE LEVEL RATE EQUATIONS;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0031075577     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.552265     Document Type: Article

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