Theory of non-Markovian gain in strained-layer quantum-well lasers with many-body effects

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 344-352

  Ahn, Doyeol ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}  

^a IEEE   (South Korea)

^b University of Seoul   (South Korea)

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

^d University Illinois   (United States)

^e IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f LG Electronics Inc   (South Korea)

^g AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gain; Many body; Non Markovian; Strained layer quantum well laser

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BAND STRUCTURE; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GAIN MEASUREMENT; INTEGRATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; RANDOM PROCESSES;

COULOMB ENHANCEMENT; MANY-BODY EFFECTS; NON-MARKOVIAN GAIN; STRAINED LAYER QUANTUM WELL LASERS; TIME-DEPENDENT HARTREE-FOCK APPROXIMATION;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0031996899     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.658731     Document Type: Article

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