Carrier capture times in quantum-well, -wire, and -box distributed-feedback lasers characterized by dynamic lasing emission measurements

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 223-229

  Wang, Jian ^b   Griesinger, Uwe A ^b,c   Geiger, Michael ^b,d   Scholz, Ferdinand ^b   Schweizer, Heinz C ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c German Physical Society DPG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distributed feedback lasers; Optical modulation; Quantum well lasers; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; LIGHT MODULATION; LOW TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES; QUANTUM THEORY; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WIRES;

DYNAMIC LASING EMISSION MEASUREMENTS; QUANTUM BOX SYSTEM;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 0031108408     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.605660     Document Type: Article

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