Determination of the wavelength dependence of auger recombination in long-wavelength quantum-well semiconductor lasers using hydrostatic pressure

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1557-1566

  Silver, Mark ^a,b   O'Reilly, E P ^a   Adams, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auger recombination; Mode lines; Pressure effect; Semiconductor laser; Threshold current

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; ENERGY GAP; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

AUGER RECOMBINATION; THRESHOLD CURRENT;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0031233150     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.622637     Document Type: Article

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