Characterization of Semiconductor Laser Gain Media by the Segmented Contact Method

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1275-1282

  Blood, Peter ^a   Lewis, Gareth M ^a   Smowton, Peter M ^a   Summers, Huw ^a   Thomson, John ^a   Lutti, Julie ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Optical gain; Segmented contract method; Spontaneous emission; Stimulated emission; Stripe length method

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FERMI LEVEL; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; POLARIZATION; REFLECTION; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL GAIN; SEGMENTED CONTRACT METHOD; STRIP LENGTH METHOD;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 1342282397     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2003.819472     Document Type: Conference Paper

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