Temperature dependence of the spontaneous emission factor in microcavities

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4646, Issue , 2002, Pages 157-167

  Ramoo, Desi M ^a   Adams, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DBR; Spontaneous emission; VCSELs

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; LASER MODES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIRRORS; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MICROCAVITY; PHOTONIC DENSITY OF STATES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT EMISSION;

LIGHT EMISSION;

EID: 0036030164     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.470512     Document Type: Conference Paper

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