Polarization-dependent gain saturations in quantum-well lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 864-871

  Takahashi, Yutaka ^a   Kawaguchi, Hitoshi ^a,b  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISTABLE OPERATIONS; GAIN SATURATION; SATURATION COEFFICIENT; VALENCE BAND MIXING; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER;

ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0034224290     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.848360     Document Type: Article

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