Simulation of carrier transport and nonlinearities in quantum-well laser diodes

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 120-140

  Grupen, Matt ^a,b,c,d   Hess, Karl ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ANSOFT CORPORATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^f University of Vienna ^*

Author keywords

Carrier capture; Hot carriers; Nonlinear gain; Quantum well laser diodes; Spectral hole burning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HOT CARRIERS; LIGHT MODULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

BETHE THERMIONIC EMISSION THEORY; CARRIER CAPTURE; HELMHOLTZ EQUATION; SPECTRAL HOLE BURNING;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031698477     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.655016     Document Type: Article

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