The influences of refractive index dispersion on the modal gain of a quantum-well laser

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 416-423

  Li, W L ^a,b,e   Su, Y K ^{b,d,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m}   Jaw, D H ^c,n,o,p  

^a FAR EAST UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c WUFENG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d IEEE

^e NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f National Sun Yat Sen University ^*  (Taiwan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^j BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k National Science Council (NSC)   (China)

^l BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^m Chinese Engineer Association   (China)

ⁿ SPIE   (United States)

^o NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^p UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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Author keywords

AlGaAs; Density matrix method; Quantum well lasers; Refractive index dispersion; Transfer matrix method

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

DENSITY MATRIX METHOD; DUMKENS APPROXIMATION; MODAL GAIN SPECTRUM; OPTICAL CONFINEMENT FACTOR; REFRACTIVE INDEX DISPERSION; SCHRODINGER EQUATION; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0031094463     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.556011     Document Type: Article

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