The influence of coulomb enhancement on the modulation properties of quantum-well lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 318-324

  Tsou, Benjamin P C ^a   Pulfrey, David L ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d IEEE

Author keywords

Coulomb enhancement; Density of states; Many body effects; Modulation response; Quantum well lasers

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; GAIN MEASUREMENT; LIGHT MODULATION;

COULOMB ENHANCEMENT; MANY BODY EFFECTS;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0032000347     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.658724     Document Type: Article

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