Simulating the effect of spatial hole burning on the modulation response of VCSEL's

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4646, Issue , 2002, Pages 190-198

  Liu, Yang ^a   Ng, Wei Choon ^a   Oyafuso, Fabiano ^a   Klein, Benjamin ^a   Hess, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bandwidth; Modulation response; Simulation; Spatial hole burning; VCSELs

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER MODES; LIGHT MODULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

RELAXATION OSCILLATION; SPATIAL HOLE BURNING; STIMULATED RECOMBINATION RATE; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0036031263     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.470515     Document Type: Conference Paper

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