Carrier lifetime and recombination in long-wavelength quantum-well lasers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 613-619

  Pikal, J M ^a,d,e,f   Menoni, C S ^a,f   Temkin, H ^a,b   Thiagarajan, P ^a,c,f   Robinson, G Y ^a,g,h,i  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Spectracom   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; OPTIMIZATION;

DIFFERENTIAL CARRIER LIFETIME; INTRINSIC WELL RECOMBINATION COEFFICIENTS; SEPARATE CONFINEMENT HETEROSTRUCTURE;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0033124043     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.788425     Document Type: Article

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