Physical model of OEIC-compatible lateral current injection lasers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 507-512

  Sargent, Edward H ^b,c,d   Tan, Gen Lin ^b,e,f,g   Xu, Jimmy M ^a,b,h,i,j,k  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

^e TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

ⁱ Ontario Laser Lightwave Res Ctr   (Canada)

^j Ontario Centre for Material Research   (Canada)

^k Info Technology Research Centre

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Author keywords

Charge carrier processes; Integrated optoelectronics; Modeling; Optoelectronic devices; Semiconductor lasers; Spontaneous emission; Stimulated emission

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LIGHT EMISSION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

INJECTION LASERS;

EID: 0031108880     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.605701     Document Type: Article

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