Effective bloch equations for semiconductor lasers and amplifiers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1543-1550

  Ning, C Z ^a,b,c,d   Indik, R A ^a   Moloney, J V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gain and index dispersion of semiconductors; Many body effects; Nonlinear optical gain; Semiconductor amplifiers; Semiconductor laser modeling and simulation

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; LASER PULSES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PLASMA HEATING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

BLOCH EQUATIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031236809     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.622635     Document Type: Article

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