Modeling of gain, differential gain, index change, and linewidth enhancement factor for strain-compensated QW's

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1386-1388

  Tan, G L ^a   Xu, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Linewidth enhancement factor; Many body effects; Optical gain; Quantum well lasers; Strain compensated quantum wells

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

LINEWIDTH ENHANCEMENT FACTORS; MANY-BODY EFFECTS;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0032188328     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.720269     Document Type: Article

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