Effects of carrier heating, nonequilibrium LO phonons and lattice heating on small-signal modulation response of semiconductor lasers

IEE Proceedings: Optoelectronics

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-18

  Tsai, C Y ^a   Shih, F P ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Semiconductor lasers; Small signal analysis

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; LIGHT MODULATION; PHONONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

LONGITUDINAL OPTICAL PHONONS; SMALL SIGNAL MODULATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0032000398     PISSN: 13502433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-opt:19981720     Document Type: Article

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