Microscopic theory of gain, absorption, and refractive index in semiconductor laser materials - influence of conduction-band nonparabolicity and Coulomb-induced intersubband coupling

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1878-1886

  Hader, J ^a   Moloney, J V ^a   Koch, S W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

MANY-BODY PHYSICS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0033314811     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.806602     Document Type: Article

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